Social support receipt as a predictor of mortality: A cohort study in rural South Africa.

ABSTRACT: The mechanisms connecting various types of social support to mortality have been well-studied in high-income countries. However, less is known about how these relationships function in different socioeconomic contexts. We examined how four domains of social support-emotional, physical, financial, and informational-impact mortality within a sample of older adults living in a rural and resource-constrained setting. Using baseline survey and longitudinal mortality data from HAALSI, we assessed how social support affects mortality in a cohort of 5059 individuals aged 40 years or older in rural Mpumalanga, South Africa. Social support was captured as the self-reported frequency with which close social contacts offered emotional, physical, financial, and informational support to respondents, sta

SUBMITTER: Kapaon D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11383236 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature