제목

Age Trends in Daily Social Contact Patterns

저자

Benjamin Cornwell

발행기관

US: Sage Publications

발행일

July 25, 2011

키워드

social networks, aging, social integration, social support, everyday social contact

abstract

Research on older adults’ social integration usually focuses on time-indefinite access to social support, community involvement, and network connectedness. Little research has examined the actual amount of social contact older adults have on a typical day. The author uses nationally representative data on 92,698 adults—collected in the 2003-2009 American Time Use Surveys—to examine age-related trends in rates of everyday contact. Zero-inflated negative binomial regression analyses reveal nonlinear relationships between age and rates of social contact. Older adults have substantially lower rates of social contact than younger and middle-aged adults—especially among women. A significant portion, but not all, of the age-related variation in contact patterns is attributable to life-course factors like living arrangements. The author closes by considering several potential explanations for these trends and by urging social gerontologists to pay closer attention to the causes and consequences of microsocial contact patterns among older adults.

주요내용

노인의 사회통합에 관한 연구는 대게 사회적지지, 지역사회발전, 네트워크연결망에 대한 시간제한 없는 접근에 집중함. 일상적인 생활에서 노인의 실제적인 사회적지지 양에 대한 연구가 거의 이루어지지 않았는데, 이 연구는 일상생활에서의 사회적 접촉 비율에 대한 연령추세를 조사하는 것임.

DOI

10.1177/0164027511409442

Subject

Aging, Daily Activities, Social Integration, Social Interaction, Social Support, Social Networks

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0164027511409442