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Living Arrangements of t he Elderly in Late 19 th Century Orkney, Scotland: Poverty And Proximity Of Kin. MOSAIC Conference, Budapest, Sept. 2012 Julia Jennings California Institute of Technology. Orkney, Scotland. Elderly, coresidence , & proximity of Kin. Household position
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Living Arrangements of the Elderly in Late 19th Century Orkney, Scotland: Poverty And Proximity Of Kin MOSAIC Conference, Budapest, Sept. 2012 Julia Jennings California Institute of Technology
Elderly, coresidence, & proximity of Kin • Household position • Head/wife, parent, other • Coresidence • Perspective of elderly • Immigrant status • Not born on island of residence • Compound Household South Ronaldsay, c. 1900, Tom Kent, Orkney Photo Archive
Compound Households • At least 2 dwellings • Single set of farming outbuildings • Shared garden • Occupied by kin
Poor Law in Scotland • Different from England • “Deserving poor” • Outdoor relief • Local Kirk (Church) Sessions • No institutions in North Orkney Spinners, Holm, c. 1890, Orkney Image Library
Significant Predictors of Pauper status, Logistic Regression (coef.) Females Widowed* (0.63) Unmarried* (1.07) Head in Ag (-2.06) N=66, 3.4% of males aged 60+ Males • Widowed* (1.73) • Unmarried* (3.23) • Immigrant (-0.69) • Compound HH (0.41) • Head in Ag (-1.32) • N=300, 12.6% of females aged 60+ Not shown: controls for age, census year *married is reference category
Age-sex Structure 1851 1901
Findings • Stability over time • Compound HH arrangements for solitary and impoverished • Residence patterns of paupers distinct from other elderly • Living with children and other kin associated with farming Turnip singling, c. 1900 Tom Kent, Orkney Photo Archives
Remaining questions, Future work • Who is supporting who? • Disabled? • How much relief? • Best way to use data • Linked death records • Linked census records • Spatial context Aikerness, Westray, 2008