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ERIC Number: EJ357848
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Social Networks and Mortality in an Inner-City Elderly Population.
Cohen, Carl I.; And Others
International Journal of Aging and Human Development, v24 n4 p257-69 1986-87
Studied 155 elderly residents of inner-city single-room occupancy hotels. At 3-year follow-up, 28 had died. Ten of 19 network variables were relatively strong discriminators between survivors and non-survivors. Network variables cut across all categories of social interaction. (Author/KS)
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Death, Hotels, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Older Adults, Place of Residence, Social Networks, Social Support Groups, Urban Population
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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