Socioeconomic Differences in Access to Information on Health and Social Activities Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

Sumika Karasawa, Takuya Yamada, Takuya Ueda, Motoki Tanaka, Ryohei Ishizuka, Shinichiro Sato, Noriko Takeda, Kazushi Maruo, Yoshinori Kitabatake, Takashi Arao, Yuta Nemoto, School of Health Innovation, Kanagawa University of Human Services, The Tokyo Metropolitan Support Center for Preventative Long-term and Frail Elderly Care, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, School of Public Health, Teikyo University, Department of Human Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Shukutoku University, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Human Arts and Sciences, Center for Promotion of Higher Education, Kogakuin University, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Department of Health Sciences, Saitama Prefectural University, Physical Fitness Research Institute, Meiji Yasuda Life Foundation of Health and Welfare, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Published online on December 29, 2025

Abstract

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This study examined differences in access to information on health and social activities by socioeconomic position (SEP) among community-dwelling older adults in Japan. A mail survey was conducted with 4,101 adults aged ≥65 years without functional ...