title: Structural effects and life satisfaction among the aged.
abstract: This study investigates whether adjustment, or life satisfaction, is a function of the structural effect of community age density, the behavioral varaibles of total social interaction and age-graded interaction, or both. The sample contains one hundred eight-five persons seventy years of age and older in a midwestern state who have resided in their community at least five years. Thus, the study examines the influence of community structure on life satisfaction, age-graded interaction, and total interaction in a "real world" setting by using a relatively non-mobile sample. The findings suggest that no significant relationship exists between community structure and either total or age-graded interaction. Age-graded interaction, however, is significantly correlated with life satisfaction in large communities.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011156:Population Density