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ERIC Number: EJ342232
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1986
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Isolation of the Unmarried in Later Life.
Keith, Pat M.
Family Relations, v35 n3 p389-95 Jul 1986
Reports longitudinal research which examined isolation among the unmarried aged and assessed personal characteristics associated with isolation from family and friends. Men and women were more isolated from neighbors and friends than from family, although the never-married maintained more ties with friends. (Author/BL)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Divorce, Friendship, Loneliness, Older Adults, Personality Traits, Sex Differences, Social Isolation, Social Networks, Widowed
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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