title: Social support among the aged in Wuhan, China.
abstract: "This study provides information on supportive social relations in a sample of 2,762 elderly people in Wuhan, China.  The elderly concerned were found to be actively engaged in exchanges of social support with their families and kin.  They not only receive assistance but also provide a substantial amount of help to others.  These supportive ties were highly positive and satisfactory to the great majority of the respondents. Only moderate correlations were found among various dimensions of social support. These results underscore the multi-dimensional nature of social support and suggest that caution needs to be exercised in extrapolating interpersonal exchanges from social embeddedness."
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Krause
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001208:Asia; D002681:China; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009826:Old Age Assistance; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012944:Social Support
keywords: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Asia; China; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Economic Factors; Family And Household; Friends And Relatives; Kinship Networks; Microeconomic Factors; Old Age Security; Population; Population Characteristics; Social Networks