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Neighbors and Friends

An Overlooked Resource in the Informal Support System

Marjorie H. Cantor

Fordham University

This research presents empirical findings concerning the extent to which older people in the inner city neighborhoods of New York City have an informal network of friends and neighbors and the nature of the interactions which occur. The characteristics associated with individuals possessing extensive friend-neighbor networks are discussed, and the preferences of older people for assistance from kin versus nonkin in a variety of situations are explored. Several theoretical models concerning the operation of the informal support system are considered, and the author postulates a new model—the hierarchical-compensatory model-as best fitting the empirical data at hand. The findings are from the largest cross-cultural study of the elderly in urban poverty, The Elderly in the Inner City of New York with an N of 1,552, including 49% white, 37% black, and 13% Hispanic elderly.

Research on Aging, Vol. 1, No. 4, 434-463 (1979)
DOI: 10.1177/016402757914002
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