title: Continuity and change in social support between young-old and old-old or very-old age.
abstract: This longitudinal research examined continuity and change in social support in a sample of 74 old-old (74 to 84) or very-old (85 and over) members of the Berkeley Older Generation Study. Considerable continuity in extent of contact was found between 1969 and 1983 for the group as a whole, particularly with respect to family relationships. In beyond-family contacts, declines were observed for men but not women, and for the very-old but not the old-old. Important changes also were observed in involvement or subjective level of commitment: satisfaction with children increased, while involvement beyond the family declined.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Development, University of California at Berkeley.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minkler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011593:Psychology, Social; D012922:Social Change; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support