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Strong and enduring ties
— older women and their friends | | Author(s) | Hazel MacRae |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 15, no 3, Autumn 1996 |
| Pages | pp 374-392 |
| Keywords | Older women ; Personal relationships ; Friends ; Social surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | This paper examines the nature and meaning of friendship in later life, drawing on data from in-depth interviews conducted with a sample of 142 older women living in a small town in Atlantic Canada. The data indicate that most respondents have a substantial number of friends and differentiate between different types of friends: 'friends' and 'close friends', 'old friends' and those acquired more recently. Focusing on the concepts of self-identity and reciprocity, an attempt is made to explain why older people might value their older friends more highly than those acquired more recently. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970212021 A |
| Classmark | BD: DS: SX: 3F: 7S |
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