TY - JOUR
T1 - Activity, social network and well-being
T2 - An empirical examination
AU - Litwin, H.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - A study of older adults in Israel (n = 170) examined the relationship of activity level and social network characteristics to respondents' subjective well-being, controlling for background socio-demographic characteristics and extent of physical disability. Factor analysis derived three activity factors corresponding to formal, informal and solitary activity. A hierarchical regression procedure revealed that physical disability accounted for 40 per cent of the variance in the well-being measure. Extent of informal activity explained another 3 per cent of the variance, but was outweighed in the final model by the addition of a social network factor - degree of network supportiveness (R2 = .48). The findings suggest that it is the social network aspect of activity that makes a difference in older persons' subjective well-being, rather than the effect of activity per se.
AB - A study of older adults in Israel (n = 170) examined the relationship of activity level and social network characteristics to respondents' subjective well-being, controlling for background socio-demographic characteristics and extent of physical disability. Factor analysis derived three activity factors corresponding to formal, informal and solitary activity. A hierarchical regression procedure revealed that physical disability accounted for 40 per cent of the variance in the well-being measure. Extent of informal activity explained another 3 per cent of the variance, but was outweighed in the final model by the addition of a social network factor - degree of network supportiveness (R2 = .48). The findings suggest that it is the social network aspect of activity that makes a difference in older persons' subjective well-being, rather than the effect of activity per se.
KW - Activity
KW - Disability
KW - Israel
KW - Social Network
KW - Subjective Well-Being
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0033667533&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0714980800015038
DO - 10.1017/S0714980800015038
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AN - SCOPUS:0033667533
SN - 0714-9808
VL - 19
SP - 343
EP - 362
JO - Canadian Journal on Aging
JF - Canadian Journal on Aging
IS - 3
ER -