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27.04.2019 | Original Article

Social network and life satisfaction among older adults in rural Uttar Pradesh, India: an application of structural equation modelling

verfasst von: Lucky Singh, Prashant Kumar Singh

Erschienen in: Journal of Public Health | Ausgabe 5/2020

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Abstract

Aim

The effect of social networks on health has been widely investigated; however, no study in India has looked into the effects of specific social networks with children, relatives, friends and confidants on life satisfaction among the elderly. This article examines the association between social network and life satisfaction among the rural elderly.

Subjects and methods

A sample of 630 older persons living in 12 villages in rural Uttar Pradesh, India, was selected. This study used Berkman’s theoretical model of social relations linking to life satisfaction.

Results

Results of the Confirmatory Factor Analysis demonstrated that the four specific social network types—children, relatives, friends and confidants—were tenable. The result of structural equation modelling shows that the higher network with ‘relatives/siblings’ is significant in promoting life satisfaction.

Conclusion

The study suggests that there is a need for sensitisation of families and the community at large to the needs and problems of the elderly.

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Titel: Social network and life satisfaction among older adults in rural Uttar Pradesh, India: an application of structural equation modelling
verfasst von: Lucky Singh
Prashant Kumar Singh
Publikationsdatum: 27.04.2019
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: Journal of Public Health / Ausgabe 5/2020
Print ISSN: 2198-1833
Elektronische ISSN: 1613-2238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-019-01074-4

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Social network and life satisfaction among older adults in rural Uttar Pradesh, India: an application of structural equation modelling

Abstract

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Subjects and methods

Results

Conclusion

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