A support network typology for application in older populations with a preponderance of multigenerational households.
A support network typology for application in older populations with a preponderance of multigenerational households.
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DOI：
10.1017/s0144686x12001511
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发表时间：
2014-08
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Dobbs C
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作者：
Burholt V;Dobbs C
本文认为，老年人的支持网络的人口与多代同堂的家庭占优势，并探讨最脆弱的网络类型的孤独和孤立。目前常见的支助网络类型可能对不同文化内部和之间的差异不敏感。本文使用的横截面数据来自590老人（古吉拉特邦，旁遮普和Sylhetis）生活在英国和南亚。六个变量被用于K-means聚类分析，以建立一个新的网络类型。两个逻辑回归模型使用孤独和隔离作为因变量评估的贡献，新的网络类型的幸福。确定了四个支助网络：“多代同堂家庭：老年综合网络”、“多代同堂家庭：年轻家庭网络”、“家庭和朋友综合网络”和“非亲属限制网络”。与其他人相比，拥有“非亲属限制网络”的老年南亚人更容易孤独和孤立。使用以个人为导向的文化发展的网络类型学，分布偏向于更强大的网络类型，可能低估了来自家庭文化的老年人的支持需求，他们可能是孤立和孤独的，非正式的帮助来源有限。新的类型学确定了多代同堂家庭中的不同网络类型，确定了更大比例的老年人的脆弱网络，并可能对服务规划作出积极贡献。
This paper considers the support networks of older people in populations with a preponderance of multigenerational households and examines the most vulnerable network types in terms of loneliness and isolation. Current common typologies of support networks may not be sensitive to differences within and between different cultures. This paper uses cross-sectional data drawn from 590 elders (Gujaratis, Punjabis and Sylhetis) living in the United Kingdom and South Asia. Six variables were used in K-means cluster analysis to establish a new network typology. Two logistic regression models using loneliness and isolation as dependent variables assessed the contribution of the new network type to wellbeing. Four support networks were identified: ‘Multigenerational Households: Older Integrated Networks’, ‘Multigenerational Households: Younger Family Networks’, ‘Family and Friends Integrated Networks’ and ‘Non-kin Restricted Networks’. Older South Asians with ‘Non-kin Restricted Networks’ were more likely to be lonely and isolated compared to others. Using network typologies developed with individualistically oriented cultures, distributions are skewed towards more robust network types and could underestimate the support needs of older people from familistic cultures, who may be isolated and lonely and with limited informal sources of help. The new typology identifies different network types within multigenerational households, identifies a greater proportion of older people with vulnerable networks and could positively contribute to service planning.