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| Activity, social network and well-being: an empirical examination | | Author(s) | Howard Litwin |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 19, no 3, Autumn 2000 |
| Pages | pp 343-362 |
| Keywords | Mobility ; Social contacts ; Participation ; Well being ; Correlation ; Israel. |
| Annotation | A study of 170 older adults in Israel 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 percent of the variance in the well-being measure. Extent of informal activity explained another 3% of the variance, but was outweighed in the final model by the addition of a social network factor - degree of network supportiveness. The findings suggest that it is the social network aspect of activity that makes a difference in older people's subjective well-being, rather than the effect of activity per se. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001206205 A |
| Classmark | C4: TOA: TMB: D:F:5HH: 49: 7H6 |
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