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Social Isolation and Loneliness in Old Age: Review and Model Refinement
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This paper reviews the empirical literature on social isolation and loneliness and identifies a wide range of published correlates. Using data from a study conducted in North Wales, which included many of the same correlated variables, a statistical modelling technique is used to refine models of isolation and loneliness by controlling for co-variance. The resulting models indicate that the critical factors for isolation are: marital status, network type and social class; and, for loneliness: network type, household composition and health.
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“Many who live alone live fully integrated socially active lives (Larsen et al. 1985), however, loneliness is more common amongst those living alone (Havinghurst 1978; Hunt 1978; Wenger 1983).”
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- Authors
- Wenger, G. C., Davies, R., Shahtahmasebi, S., & Scott, A.
- Venue
- Ageing and Society
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1996-05
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 333-358
- ISSN
- 0144-686X (ISSN-L)
- 1469-1779
- OpenAlex
- W2100783595
- Cited by
- 439
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 4.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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