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Ellwardt, Lea ORCID: 0000-0001-9292-2392, Aartsen, Marja ORCID: 0000-0003-4246-7621 and van Tilburg, Theo (2017). Types of Non-kin Networks and Their Association With Survival in Late Adulthood: A Latent Class Approach. J. Gerontol. Ser. B-Psychol. Sci. Soc. Sci., 72 (4). S. 694 - 706. CARY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC. ISSN 1758-5368

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Abstract

Integration into social networks is an important determinant of health and survival in late adulthood. We first identify different types of non-kin networks among older adults and second, investigate the association of these types with survival rates. Official register information on mortality is combined with data from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA). The sample includes 2,440 Dutch respondents aged 54-85 at baseline in 1992 and six follow-ups covering a time span of 20 years. Using latent class analysis, respondents are classified into distinct types of non-kin networks, based on differences in number and variation of non-kin relations, social support received from non-kin, and contact frequency with non-kin. Next, membership in network types is related to mortality in a Cox proportional hazard regression model. There are four latent types of non-kin networks that vary in network size and support. These types differ in their associations with mortality, independent of sociodemographic and health confounders. Older adults integrated into networks high in both number and variation of supportive non-kin contacts have higher chances of survival than older adults embedded in networks low in either amount or variation of support or both. A combination of structural and functional network characteristics should be taken into account when developing intervention programs aiming at increasing social integration outside the family network.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Ellwardt, Lea UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9292-2392 UNSPECIFIED Aartsen, Marja UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-4246-7621 UNSPECIFIED van Tilburg, Theo UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-226008
DOI:	10.1093/geronb/gbw142
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Gerontol. Ser. B-Psychol. Sci. Soc. Sci.
Volume:	72
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 694 - 706
Date:	2017
Publisher:	OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
Place of Publication:	CARY
ISSN:	1758-5368
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology and Social Psychology > Department of Scociology
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SOCIAL SUPPORT NETWORKS; PERSONAL NETWORKS; LATER LIFE; OLDER EUROPEANS; HEALTH; MORTALITY; AGE; DIVERSITY; IMPACT Multiple languages Geriatrics & Gerontology; Gerontology; Psychology; Psychology, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/22600