Old People: Their Friends and Neighbors.

Rosow, Irving

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Publication Date: 1970

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Old People: Their Friends and Neighbors

Rosow, Irving

American Behavioral Scientist, 14, 1, 59-69, Sep-Oct '70

The aged live in a contracting social world. They rank their reference groups in the order of family, neighbors, and other friends. Friendships are formed primarily between old persons with similar status characteristics. (Author)

Descriptors: Family Relationship, Friendship, Older Adults, Peer Relationship, Reference Groups, Social Relations, Social Status

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