Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ425307
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Publication Date: 1990
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Families and Networks among Older Inner-City Blacks.
Johnson, Colleen L.; Barer, Barbara M.
Gerontologist, v30 n6 p726-33 Dec 1990
Compared support networks of 181 inner-city older Blacks and Whites. Found that both Blacks and Whites in need of help used formal supports. Blacks had more active support networks than Whites despite low incidence of support from spouse and children. Social resources resulted from mechanisms in Black families that expanded network membership through creation of fictive kin. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Blacks, Family Role, Inner City, Older Adults, Social Networks, Social Support Groups, Urban Population, Whites
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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