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Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, Vol 52, Issue 1 S27-S36, Copyright © 1997 by The Gerontological Society of America
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YP Su and KF Ferraro
Department of Sociology and Gernotology Program, Purdue University, USA.
Research on health assessments has shown the importance of social relations as a factor influencing health, especially among older people. Drawing upon sociological theories of social integration and social exchange, this research examines two domains of social relations which are expected to influence assessed health. In addition, the study uses a cross-national sample (N = 3,407) of noninstitutionalized older people from the Republic of Korea, Fiji, Malaysia, and the Philippines to determine if modernization conditions the relationships between social relations and health. Results indicate that social integration has a positive effect on subjective health assessments in all nations, whereas social contributions are significant only in Korea. Findings suggest that health assessments by elders in the most modernized nations appear to be much more influenced by the contributions they make to the social order than is the case in nations which are less modernized.
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