A Six-Year Follow-Up Study of Social Network Changes among African-American, Caribbean, and U.S.-Born Caucasian Urban Older Adults

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Conway,Francine (Author), Magai,Carol (Author), Jones,Samuel (Author), Fiori,Katherine (Author), and Gillespie,Michael (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2013
    Published:
    Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    International Journal of Aging and Human Development
    Journal Title Details:
    76(1) : 1-27
    ISBN:
    0091-4150
    Subject Term:
    Caribbean area, Blacks, Social change, Elderly, Social Networks, Urban areas, Gerontology And Geriatrics, Racial differences, Ethnicity, and Kinship
    Notes:
    Explores dynamic changes in network size and composition by examining patterns of older adults' social network change over time, that is: types of movements; the reason for the loss of network members; and the relation of movement and composition in concert. This study is a 6-year follow up of changes in the social networks of U.S.-Born Caucasian, African-American, and Caribbean older adults.

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