Variations in Social Network Type Membership Among Older African Americans, Caribbean Blacks, and Non-Hispanic Whites.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study examined race differences in the probability of belonging to a specific social network typology of family, friends, and church members.

Method

Samples of African Americans, Caribbean blacks, and non-Hispanic whites aged 55+ were drawn from the National Survey of American Life. Typology indicators related to social integration and negative interactions with family, friendship, and church networks were used. Latent class analysis was used to identify typologies, and latent class multinomial logistic regression was used to assess the influence of race, and interactions between race and age, and race and education on typology membership.

Results

Four network typologies were identified: optimal (high social integration, low negative interaction), fami

SUBMITTER: Nguyen AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5927094 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature