Friendship in Later Life: Thirty Years of Progress and Inequalities

Studies examining the impact of social change on individual development and aging postulate the growing importance of flexible relationships, such as friendship. Although friendship is well known as a factor of well-being in later life, the prevalence of friendship in older adult networks and its un...

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Autores: Baeriswyl, Marie, Oris, Michel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palabra clave:Friendship
Gender
Health
Social change
Socioeconomic status
Social participation
Social ties
Old age
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spelling Friendship in Later Life: Thirty Years of Progress and InequalitiesBaeriswyl, MarieOris, MichelFriendshipGenderHealthSocial changeSocioeconomic statusSocial participationSocial tiesOld ageStudies examining the impact of social change on individual development and aging postulate the growing importance of flexible relationships, such as friendship. Although friendship is well known as a factor of well-being in later life, the prevalence of friendship in older adult networks and its unequal distribution has been examined only in few studies. Through secondary data analysis of two cross-sectional surveys carried out in Switzerland in 1979 and 2011, respectively, the increasing presence of close friends was confirmed. Our results show that this trend was part of a broader lifestyle change after retirement, with increasing social engagements. However, this trend does not include a general decrease in social inequalities in friendship opportunities. Overall, friendship increase among older adults has contributed to a polarization of living conditions, with a majority of active, healthy persons contrasting with a minority of individuals who accumulate penalties.This work was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (grant number 51NF40-160590, grant number CRSII1_129922/1)Peer reviewedSage PublicationsSwiss National Science FoundationBaeriswyl, Marie [0000-0001-8358-4643]Oris, Michel [0000-0002-6435-9448]Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202420242022info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/353918reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttps://doi.org/10.1177/00914150221092991Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3539182026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Friendship in Later Life: Thirty Years of Progress and Inequalities
title Friendship in Later Life: Thirty Years of Progress and Inequalities
spellingShingle Friendship in Later Life: Thirty Years of Progress and Inequalities
Baeriswyl, Marie
Friendship
Gender
Health
Social change
Socioeconomic status
Social participation
Social ties
Old age
title_short Friendship in Later Life: Thirty Years of Progress and Inequalities
title_full Friendship in Later Life: Thirty Years of Progress and Inequalities
title_fullStr Friendship in Later Life: Thirty Years of Progress and Inequalities
title_full_unstemmed Friendship in Later Life: Thirty Years of Progress and Inequalities
title_sort Friendship in Later Life: Thirty Years of Progress and Inequalities
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Baeriswyl, Marie
Oris, Michel
author Baeriswyl, Marie
author_facet Baeriswyl, Marie
Oris, Michel
author_role author
author2 Oris, Michel
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Swiss National Science Foundation
Baeriswyl, Marie [0000-0001-8358-4643]
Oris, Michel [0000-0002-6435-9448]
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Friendship
Gender
Health
Social change
Socioeconomic status
Social participation
Social ties
Old age
topic Friendship
Gender
Health
Social change
Socioeconomic status
Social participation
Social ties
Old age
description Studies examining the impact of social change on individual development and aging postulate the growing importance of flexible relationships, such as friendship. Although friendship is well known as a factor of well-being in later life, the prevalence of friendship in older adult networks and its unequal distribution has been examined only in few studies. Through secondary data analysis of two cross-sectional surveys carried out in Switzerland in 1979 and 2011, respectively, the increasing presence of close friends was confirmed. Our results show that this trend was part of a broader lifestyle change after retirement, with increasing social engagements. However, this trend does not include a general decrease in social inequalities in friendship opportunities. Overall, friendship increase among older adults has contributed to a polarization of living conditions, with a majority of active, healthy persons contrasting with a minority of individuals who accumulate penalties.
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