The Relationship of Age to Personal Network Size, Relational Multiplexity, and Proximity to Alters in the Western United States | Zendy

Emily J. Smith | Zendy; Christopher Steven Marcum | Zendy; Adam Boessen | Zendy; Zack W. Almquist | Zendy; John R. Hipp | Zendy; Nicholas N. Nagle | Zendy; Carter T. Butts | Zendy

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The Relationship of Age to Personal Network Size, Relational Multiplexity, and Proximity to Alters in the Western United States

Author(s) -

Emily J. Smith,

Christopher Steven Marcum,

Adam Boessen,

Zack W. Almquist,

John R. Hipp,

Nicholas N. Nagle,

Carter T. Butts

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

the journals of gerontology series b

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1758-5368

pISSN - 1079-5014

DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbu142

Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , demography , association (psychology) , psychology , social network (sociolinguistics) , population , test (biology) , social psychology , poisson regression , geography , demographic economics , sociology , political science , paleontology , archaeology , biology , law , economics , psychotherapist , social media

This study examines the association of age and other sociodemographic variables with properties of personal networks; using samples of individuals residing in the rural western United States and the City of Los Angeles, we evaluate the degree to which these associations vary with geographical context. For both samples, we test the hypothesis that age is negatively associated with network size (i.e., degree) and positively associated with network multiplexity (the extent of overlap) on 6 different relations: core discussion members, social activity participants, emergency contacts, neighborhood safety contacts, job informants, and kin. We also examine the relationship between age and spatial proximity to alters.

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