Neighbors' Support of Older Widows Who Live Alone in Their Own Homes1

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Recent older widows who live alone are a vulnerable group that needs both social and instrumental support. This study compared the neighbor support given to 226 widows who were categorized into three groups — those who had one or more children in the same city, those who had children who resided elsewhere, and those who were childless. Multivariate analyses revealed differences among these groups on various measures of neighbor support. Results are discussed in terms of the hierarchical-compensatory and task-specific models of informal support along with widows' social activity patterns, work histories, and neighbor attitudes.

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