The Relationship of Age to Personal Network Size, Relational Multiplexity, and Proximity to Alters in the Western United States

TY - JOUR

T1 - The Relationship of Age to Personal Network Size, Relational Multiplexity, and Proximity to Alters in the Western United States

AU - Boessen, Adam

AU - Smith, Emily

AU - Marcum, Christopher S

AU - Almquist, Zack W.

AU - Hipp, John R.

AU - Nagle, Nicholas N

AU - Butts, Carter T

N1 - The negative association between personal network size and age is one of the most robust findings in social gerontology ( Cornwell, 2011; House, 1987; Marcum, 2012; Suitor, Wellman, & Morgan, 1997). On average, older people have fewer ties than younger people ( Lang & Baltes, 1997).

PY - 2014/10/16

Y1 - 2014/10/16

UR - https://academic.oup.com/psychsocgerontology/article/70/1/91/2940074

U2 - 10.1093/geronb/gbu142

DO - 10.1093/geronb/gbu142

M3 - Article

VL - 70

JO - The Journals of Gerontology, Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences

JF - The Journals of Gerontology, Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences

ER -