Johnson C L, Barer B M
Medical Anthropology Program, University of California, San Francisco 94143.
Gerontologist. 1990 Dec;30(6):726-33. doi: 10.1093/geront/30.6.726.
These research findings compare the support networks of inner-city blacks and whites, 65 years and older, who were selected from hospital medical clinics. Both blacks and whites who are in need of help use formal supports. Blacks, however, have more active support networks than do whites despite the low incidence of support from spouses and children. These social resources result from mechanisms in black families that expand network membership through the creation of fictive kin.
这些研究结果比较了从医院医疗诊所选取的65岁及以上市中心区黑人和白人的支持网络。有需要的黑人和白人都会使用正式支持。然而，尽管来自配偶和子女的支持率较低，但黑人的支持网络比白人更活跃。这些社会资源源于黑人家庭中的机制，这些机制通过建立虚拟亲属关系来扩大网络成员。
