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Characteristics of social support in a community-living sample of older people
— the Sydney Older Persons Study | | Author(s) | Dorothy Edelbrock, Laurie R Buys, Louise M Waite |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 20, no 4, December 2001 |
| Pages | pp 173-178 |
| Keywords | Living in the community ; Informal care ; Social contacts ; Social surveys ; Australia. |
| Annotation | Lower levels of social support have been associated with higher mortality, poor health and lower levels of well-being. This study describes the characteristics of social support in a sample of 647 community-living people aged 75+ in Sydney, and to identify the associated socio-demographic variables. Social support was defined as: instrumental support; emotional support including the presence of a confidant; perceived support (perceived availability and adequacy of support); and social involvement or participation. Chi-squared tests were used to compare levels of social support between males and females. Univariate and multivariate linear regression analyses were conducted to examine the relationship between social support and socio-demographic variables. Most of the study participants received adequate social support and were socially active. Lower levels of social support were associated with a range of socio-demographic variables including increased age, male gender, being single, and lower socioeconomic status. As lower levels of social support have been found to predict poorer health outcomes, these groups may be at risk. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020228211 A |
| Classmark | K4: P6: TOA: 3F: 7YA |
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