Beyond single indicators of social networks: A LISREL analysis of social ties among the elderly

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1503-1517

  Glass, Thomas A ^a   Mendes De Leon, Carlos F ^b   Seeman, Teresa E ^c   Berkman, Lisa F ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Psychosocial factors; Social networks

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0342547235     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00270-5     Document Type: Article

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