Religion and Community among the Elderly: The Relationship between the Religious and Secular Characteristics of Their Social Networks
Research on religious commitment, social networks, and on disengagement/role continuity among the elderly has overlooked the potential connections between commitment and the structure of the elderly's social networks. This paper examines the interrelationship between the network characteristics...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
2002
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Review of religious research
Year: 2002, Volume: 44, Issue: 2, Pages: 109-125 |
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| Summary: | Research on religious commitment, social networks, and on disengagement/role continuity among the elderly has overlooked the potential connections between commitment and the structure of the elderly's social networks. This paper examines the interrelationship between the network characteristics and church attendance of the elderly, focusing particularly on the relationships among indicators of the religious and secular (community) aspects of those networks. Using a sample of 424 free-living elderly, the composition of intimate networks is examined. A series of "religious factor" hypotheses are tested, demonstrating that the religious factor components of social networks also predict other dimensions of networks. Similarly, "community factor" hypotheses are tested, demonstrating that social network elements such as their diversity affect their religious composition. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3512511 |