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Friendships of Older Women: Changes Over Time, 1992

Harvard Dataverse (Africa Rice Center, Bioversity International, CCAFS, CIAT, IFPRI, IRRI and WorldFish)

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Title Friendships of Older Women: Changes Over Time, 1992
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/6CJIJT
 
Creator Roberto, Karen A.
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Friendships of Older Women: Changes Over Time was a follow-up study designed to examine older women's friendships and the ways in which various friendships may change over time. The study identified changes and stability in the qualities older women attribute to their close friendships. It also explored whether life changes (e.g., marital status, work status or health status) influenced the qualities women identified in their close friendships.



Another aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between perceived equity and the women's feelings about their friendships. The types of instrumental and affective exchanges older women have with their friends were identified and compared across friendships. The study focused on instrumental exchanges between close friends, their joint participation in social activities and the women's patterns of self-disclosure with their close friends.



The sample included 110 women aged 65-92, living in the Madison area, who had participated in both waves of Traupmann-Pillemer's McBeath Institute Aging Women Project (Log# 00595). Participants completed a telephone interview and a lengthy questionnaire, identical to those used in the original study. The questions dealt with their marital, work and health status as well as details about their close friendships.



The Murray Research Archive has all responses to open-ended questions in paper format as well as all numeric file data for this study.
 
Subject Social Sciences
 
Type follow-up, field study