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Ethnic differences in patterns of social exchange among older adults
— the role of resource context | | Author(s) | Katherine L Fiori, Nathan S Consedine, Carol Magai |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 28, part 4, May 2008 |
| Pages | pp 495-524 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/ASO |
| Keywords | Black African ; White people ; Europe ; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Personal relationships ; Citizenship ; Social interaction ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Using social capital and social exchange theories, this investigation examined ethnic variation in patterns of social exchange in two heterogeneous racial groups - Blacks and Whites in the US - and the effects of education and income on these patterns. The sample was 1043 people aged 65-86 from four ethnic groups (US-born European-Americans, immigrant Russians or Ukrainians, US-born African-Americans, and immigrant English-speaking Caribbeans) who had provided details of their instrumental and advice exchanges with kin and non-kin. Hierarchical multinomial logistic regressions were used to predict patterns of social exchange, variations by ethnicity, income and education, and the interactions. Ethnic differences to patterns of social exchange were found, but almost all were qualified by interactions. Those with income showed within-group heterogeneity: African-Americans and Russians/ Ukrainians with higher income were more likely to engage in reciprocal instrumental kin exchange, whereas among English-speaking Caribbeans and European-Americans such exchanges were were not associated with income. Unlike among European-Americans and English-speaking Caribbeans, Russians/ Ukrainians with higher income and education were more likely to engage in reciprocal non-kin exchange. The findings suggest that ethnic variation in social exchange reflects both aspects of ethnic group membership and the radical context, as well as the enactment of reciprocity values in varying resource contexts. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080425003 A |
| Classmark | TKF: TKA: 74: 7AA: F: DS: IKC: TMA: 3F: 7T |
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