FAMILIAL/NON-FAMILIAL SUPPORT NETWORK BLACK/WH ELDERLY

我们将调查家庭和非家庭支持 美国老年人网络，重点是 老黑人 这方面的现有文献表明， 关于这一专题的研究很少， 我们关于亲属的性质和功能的知识， 非亲属支持交易。 分析计划包括 三个主要组成部分：（1）家庭支持关系， 强调代际支持交流，（2）家庭 vs.非家庭支持来源，（3）互惠和 非互惠支持模式。 在所有三个方面都一致 感兴趣的领域是重点研究这些关系 在所有黑色样品内以及在黑色和白色之间 横截面数据中的受访者。 对黑人中这些问题的深入调查 老年人将通过使用两个数据集来完成 这是该集团的代表（全国调查， 美国黑人和三代家庭研究）。 到 补充这一信息，三个额外的数据集， 包含相当数量的黑人受访者将被利用 (the全国老年人调查，老龄化的神话和现实， 1980年收入动态小组研究（Panel Study of Income Dynamics）。 使用这些 数据集相互结合，将提供一个 对这些癌症的共同看法， 以前可能的。 这种方法的特点允许一个 更充分地认识到存在于 老年黑人与参考支持行为和如何 支持因素受主要 社会人口变量 的利用 代表性样本赋予更广泛的普遍性， 调查结果也是。 此外，深入研究支持 老年黑人之间的网络和示威， 异质性为种族主义提供了更有意义的背景， 黑人和白色老人的比较。

We will investigate the familial and non-familial support networks of older Americans, with a substantive emphasis on elderly blacks. Available literature in this area indicates a paucity of studies on this topic and significant deficits in our knowledge concerning the nature and functioning of kin and non-kin support transactions. The analysis plan is composed of three major components: (1) familial support relationships with an emphasis on itergenerational support exchanges, (2) familial vs. non-familial sources of support, and (3) reciprocal and non-reciprocal support patterns. Consisent across all three areas of interest is a focus on examining these relationships within all black samples as well as among black and white respondents in cross-sectional data. The in-depth investigation of these concerns among black elderly will be accomplished through the use of two data sets which are representative of that group (the National Survey of Black Americans and the Three Generational Family Study). To complement this information, three additional data sets which contain sizeable numbers of black respondents will be utilized (the National Survey of the Aged, Myth and Reality of Aging, and the 1980 Panel Study of Income Dynamics). The use of these datasets, in conjunction with one another, will provide a convergent perspective on these cancers which has not been previously possible. This methodological feature allows for a fuller appreciation of the heterogeneity which exists among older blacks with reference to support behaviors and how support factors are affected by differences in major sociodemographic variables. The utilization of a representative sample imparts wider generalizability to the findings as well. Further, the in-depth study of support networks among older blacks and the demonstration of heterogeneity provides a more meaningful context for racial comparisons of black and white elderly.