SIZE AND COMPOSITION OF THE INFORMAL HELPER NETWORKS OF ELDERLY BLACKS
SIZE AND COMPOSITION OF THE INFORMAL HELPER NETWORKS OF ELDERLY BLACKS
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DOI：
10.1093/geronj/40.5.605
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发表时间：
1985-01-01
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JACKSON, JS
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作者：
CHATTERS, LM;TAYLOR, RJ;JACKSON, JS
对老年人非正式支助网络的研究认识到，网络的规模和组成（即，家庭与非亲属）可能对护理产生重要影响。然而，决定黑人网络这些方面的因素还没有得到系统的探讨。本研究探讨了一组社会人口，健康，家庭和可用性因素的非正式支持网络的大小和组成的关系。这些数据来自美国黑人全国调查，构成了全国代表性的老年黑人（55岁及以上）样本（N = 581）。几个社会人口因素的结果（即，性别和婚姻状况）与以前的工作一致。然而，网络维度的区域差异表明了新的调查领域。研究结果强调了可用性和家庭因素在支持关系中的重要性，以及健康因素作为网络规模和组成的预测因子的相对无效性。
Research on the informal support networks of older persons recognizes that network size and composition (i.e., family vs. nonkin) may have important consequences for care. Factors that determine these aspects of networks among blacks, however, have not been explored systematically. The present study examined the relationship of a group of sociodemographic, health, family, and availability factors to the size and composition of the informal support network. The data were taken from the National Survey of Black Americans and constitute a nationally representative sample (N = 581) of older blacks (55 years and older). The results for several of the sociodemographic factors (i.e., sex and marital status) are consistent with previous work. Regional differences in network dimensions, however, suggest new areas of inquiry. The findings underscore the importance of availability and family factors in support relationships and the relative ineffectiveness of health factors as predictors of network size and composition.