Research areas
My research concerns the contribution of adult children to parental health and wellbeing, a question that lies in the intersection of population health, ageing research, and family demography. I apply a range of quantitative methods on various longitudinal data to help advance our understanding of the role of intergenerational relationships in population ageing.
Selected publications
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Open access
Are ageing parents and adult children living farther apart? Decomposing trends in intergenerational distance and co-residence in Finland (2003-2017)
Afable, S. D., Evans, M., Korhonen, K., Vierboom, Y., Martikainen, P., Myrskyla, M. & Kulu, H., 12 May 2025, Rostock: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, 68 p. (MPIDR working paper; no. 2025-011).Research output: Working paper
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Open access
Health decline and residential transitions among older adults in Europe
Afable, S. D., Vierboom, Y., Evans, M., Mikolai, J., Kulu, H. & Myrskylä, M., 1 Oct 2025, In: Population, Space and Place. 31, 7, 13 p., e70116.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Who moves where? A family ties perspective on later-life health decline and residential mobility in Finland
Afable, S., Evans, M., Vierboom, Y., Korhonen, K., Martikainen, P., Mikolai, J., Myrskyla, M. & Kulu, H., 22 Dec 2025, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, 46 p.Research output: Working paper
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Open access
Health decline and residential transitions among older adults in Europe
Afable, S. D., Vierboom, Y., Evans, M., Mikolai, J., Kulu, H. & Myrskyla, M., Jul 2024, Rostock: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, 45 p. (MPIDR working paper; no. 2024-018).Research output: Working paper
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Sex differences in the psychometric properties of the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) Scale in older Filipinos
Afable, S. D., Cruz, G. T. & Saito, Y., 14 Jun 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 6, 14 p., e0286508.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Normative values of hand grip strength of older Filipinos aged 60 to 85 years
Afable, S. B., Cruz, G., Saito, Y. & Malhotra, R., 1 Dec 2022, In: Aging and Health Research. 2, 4, p. 100108 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review