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Social networks among men and women
— the effects of age and socioeconomic status | | Author(s) | Kristine J Ajrouch, Alysia Y Blandon, Toni C Antonucci |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 60B, no 6, November 2005 |
| Pages | pp S311-S317 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Older men ; Older women ; Economic status [elderly] ; Social contacts ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Respondents, a stratified regional sample of 1,702 Americans aged 40-93, are drawn from Antonucci and Akiyama's 1991 survey, "Social relations and mental health over the life course". Hierarchical regression analysis estimates the influence of age and socioeconomic status (SES) on dimensions of social networks, controlling for marital status and health among men and women. Among men, older age was associated with older networks. Professional men report networks that are less geographically close; however, occupational effects are most obvious in late life. Among women, age is associated with smaller networks than are older, less geographically close and less frequently contacted. Whereas less education is associated with younger network members in midlife, among women in later life, lower levels of education are not associated with a younger network. Professional women report older networks composed of a higher proportion of friends than do homemakers. Higher levels of education are linked to larger personal networks among men and women, but not to the number of individuals considered closest. Among women, higher levels of education are also associated with networks that are less close. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060314230 A |
| Classmark | BC: BD: F:W: TOA: 48: 7T |
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