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Social networks among blacks and whites
— the interaction between race and age | | Author(s) | Kristine J Ajrouch, Toni C Antonucci, Mary R Janevic |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 56B, no 2, March 2001 |
| Pages | pp S112-S118 |
| Keywords | Black people ; White people ; Family relationships ; Life span ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The main and interactive effects of age and race on the core characteristics of social networks, including, size, frequency of contact, geographical proximity, and composition of network were examined. Of a sample of 1,382 respondents aged 20-93 from greater Detroit, some 30% were African Americans aged 60+. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to estimate the influence of race and age on each component of social network, controlling for marital status, gender and education. An interaction term (Race vs Age) was added to explore the extent to which age moderates any detected age differences. Older age was associated with smaller, less frequently seen, and less proximal networks that had a higher proportion of kin. Blacks and Whites were similar with regard to proximity, but Blacks had smaller networks, more contact with network members, and more family members in their networks. Race differences in frequency of contact and proportion of kin were moderated by age, such that the differences in these variables diminished with increasing age. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010418212 A |
| Classmark | TKE: TKA: DS:SJ: BG6: 7T |
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