Title: Social support, life satisfaction and survival at older ages.

POPLINE Document Number: 252233

Author(s):

Grundy E
Bowling A
Farquhar M

Source citation:

In: Health and mortality among elderly populations, edited by Graziella Caselli and Alan D. Lopez. Oxford, England, Clarendon Press, 1996. :135-56.

Abstract:

The authors examine the effects of social support on both life satisfaction and survival at older ages, as well as the relations between life satisfaction and survival, in developed countries in general. The analysis is based on a review of the literature. They then use data from a longitudinal study of people living in the London borough of Hackney to analyze some of the factors associated with survival of the very old. The results are suggestive of a link between social support factors and survival in this elderly population. (ANNOTATION)

Keywords:

Developed Countries
England
Older Adults, 80 and Over
Quality of Life
Mortality
Longitudinal Studies
Social Welfare
United Kingdom
Europe, Western
Europe
Older Adults
Adults
Age Factors
Population Characteristics
Demographic Factors
Population
Economic Factors
Population Dynamics
Studies
Research Methodology