title: Racial differences in social integration and life satisfaction among aged public housing residents.
abstract: The effects of social activity, social resources, health, and functional status on the life satisfaction of black and white aged were examined, based on interviews with 330 residents of age-integrated and age-segregated public housing estates in Cleveland, Ohio. The results of multivariate analysis call into question previous conclusions that age-segregation is conducive to greater life satisfaction. However, the findings do lend support to previous research indicating that social integration has a greater degree of importance in determining the life satisfaction of black than of white aged.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011638:Public Housing; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support