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Social isolation and loneliness in old age
— review and model refinement | | Author(s) | G Clare Wenger, Richard Davies, Said Shahtahmasebi |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 16, part 3, May 1996 |
| Pages | pp 333-358 |
| Keywords | Isolation ; Loneliness ; Social contacts ; Correlation ; Literature reviews ; Wales. |
| Annotation | This paper reviews the empirical literature on social isolation and loneliness, and identifies a wide range of published correlates. Using data from a study conducted in North Wales, which included many of the same correlated variables, a statistical modelling technique was used to refine models of isolation and loneliness by controlling for co-variance. The resulting models indicate that the critical factors for isolation are: marital status, network type, and social class; and, for loneliness: network type, household composition, and health. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970822004 A |
| Classmark | TP: DV: TOA: 49: 64A: 9 |
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