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
-
Open access
Are aging parents and adult children living farther apart? Decomposing trends in intergenerational proximity and coresidence among Finnish parents aged 60–69 (2003–2023)
Afable, S. D., Evans, M., Korhonen, K., Vierboom, Y., Martikainen, P., Myrskylä, M. & Kulu, H., 30 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Social Forces. Advance article, 26 p., soag043.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
Open access
Drivers of health inequalities across education level among older Filipinos: a decomposition analysis using nationwide survey data
Afable, S. D., Saito, Y., Kanda, M., Yun, S., Kimura, H., David, A. J., Okayasu, H. & Cruz, G. T., 25 Feb 2026, In: BMC Public Health. 26, p. 1-14 14 p., 737.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
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
-
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
-
Open access
Rising prevalence of depression and widening sociodemographic disparities in depressive symptoms among Filipino youth: findings from two large nationwide cross-sectional surveys
Puyat, J. H., Salvador, D. L., Tuazon, A. C. & Afable, S. D., 14 Apr 2025, In: Global Mental Health. 12, 9 p., e51.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
Open access
Who moves where? A family ties perspective on later-life health decline and residential mobility in Finland
Afable, S. D., Evans, M., Vierboom, Y., Korhonen, K., Martikainen, P., Mikolai, J., Myrskyla, M. & Kulu, H., 22 Dec 2025, Rostock: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, 46 p. (MPIDR working paper; no. 2025-037).Research output: Working paper
-
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
-
Open access
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
-
Open access
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