Social network type and social support among the old-old

Howard Litwin; Ruth Landau

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Social network type and social support among the old-old

Howard Litwin^*
, Ruth Landau

^*Corresponding author for this work

The Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare

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Application of a unique social network inventory in a sample of persons age 75 and older in the Tel Aviv vicinity confirmed the presence of four distinct network types: kin, family-intensive, friend-focused, and diffuse-ties. The kin network was found to offer the greatest degree of support, and the family-intensive type, the least. The network type construct proved to be a significant predictor of social support even when taking into account respondents' living arrangements, physical disability level, and personal coping resources.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	213-228
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Aging Studies
Volume	14
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0890-4065(00)80012-2
State	Published - Jun 2000

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