Usui W M, Keil T J
Department of Sociology, University of Louisville, Kentucky 40292.
Psychol Aging. 1987 Mar;2(1):30-5. doi: 10.1037//0882-7974.2.1.30.
Data from a community sample of persons 60 years old and older were analyzed to determine if the concentration of older persons in the local area (operationally defined as census tracts) was related to the respondent's life satisfaction after controlling for the known effects of physical health, socio-economic status, social participation, and other microlevel variables. Results showed that the effect of age concentration is negative, but that this effect differs according to the frequency with which a respondent visits a close friend who lives outside the neighborhood and the number of voluntary associations to which the respondent belongs. The more frequently respondents visited outside the neighborhood, the greater the negative effect of age concentration. On the other hand, the more voluntary association memberships respondents had, the smaller the negative effect of age concentration.
对一个60岁及以上人群的社区样本数据进行了分析，以确定在控制了身体健康、社会经济地位、社会参与及其他微观层面变量的已知影响后，当地（在操作上定义为普查区）老年人的集中程度是否与受访者的生活满意度相关。结果显示，年龄集中的影响是负面的，但这种影响会因受访者拜访住在社区外密友的频率以及受访者所属志愿团体的数量而有所不同。受访者拜访社区外的频率越高，年龄集中的负面影响就越大。另一方面，受访者拥有的志愿团体成员身份越多，年龄集中的负面影响就越小。
