title: Widows in retirement communities: the social context of subjective well-being.
abstract: This study focuses on why some widows were satisfied in retirement communities and some were not. Satisfied widows were more socially active and were the majority in the community. Widows and married differed in social interactions contingent on which group was in the majority. The ratio of marrieds to widows in a community may lead to different social interaction in the two groups which, in turn, may influence widows' satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, California State University, Los Angeles 90032.
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Duff
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002140:California; D005260:Female; D016852:Housing for the Elderly; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology; D008603:Mental Health; D009922:Oregon; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012179:Retirement; D012494:Sampling Studies; D017805:Widowhood / Q000523:psychology*