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Physical mobility and social integration
— their relationship to the well-being of older Canadians | | Author(s) | Mary T Fox, Barbara A Gooding |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 17, no 4, Winter 1998 |
| Pages | pp 372-383 |
| Keywords | Single persons ; Living in the community ; Mobility ; Integration ; Social contacts ; Well being ; Social surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | A sub-sample of 754 unmarried older people living in the community selected from Statistics Canada's General Social Survey was used to examine the relationship between physical mobility, social integration and well-being. Also examined were: the relationship of mobility, social integration with children, siblings, other relatives and friends; and social satisfaction with friend and family relations in predicting well-being. A cross-sectional design was used. Age, gender, marital status and living arrangements were included in the multiple regression analysis. Although no significant interactions were found between mobility and social integration, the results lend support to the importance of mobility and the quality, as opposed to the quantity, of social relationships to well-being. Mobility, satisfaction with friendships, being older and satisfaction with family relations were identified as the variables most strongly related to well-being. Research and practice implications are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990331215 A |
| Classmark | SQ: K4: C4: TO: TOA: D:F:5HH: 3F: 7S |
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