Abstract
This paper examines the changes that support network of the elderly undergoes as health, activity level and functional status change with age. We measure network characteristics at two points in time using the longitudinal survey of the elderly carried out in Costa Rica.
In this paper we measure the network of the elderly and flows of support at two points in time. We use social network analysis techniques to describe and measure the changes in transfers that take place within the family. For this we construct ego networks of the ties that link the elder to their immediate family or co-resident and analyze how they change as socioeconomic circumstances, health, and functional status of the person change.
In this paper we measure the network of the elderly and flows of support at two points in time. We use social network analysis techniques to describe and measure the changes in transfers that take place within the family. For this we construct ego networks of the ties that link the elder to their immediate family or co-resident and analyze how they change as socioeconomic circumstances, health, and functional status of the person change.
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