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Correlates of Senior Center Utilization

State University of New York-Fredonia

This article identifies the correlates of senior center participation through a comparison of a sample of center users and nonusers on a number of predisposing, enabling, need, and informal network interaction variables. Center users report lower levels of income and education, see their friends more often, and desire more contact with their children. Having something to do and seeing or making friends are most often cited by users as reasons for participation. Nonusers, on the other hand, attribute their lack of attendance mainly to being too busy or having no interest.

Research on Aging, Vol. 5, No. 3, 339-352 (1983)
DOI: 10.1177/0164027583005003004


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