Code of Federal Regulations, 31

Columbia River, 8

community services, 136, 142, 148–150, 152–157, 160

comparative study, 1, 15, 18, 36, 68, 108, 207, 213, 309n1, 312n20

conceptual model, 11, 16, 31, 86, 89, 207, 212

confidant, 18, 280

confiding, 94, 98, 100–101

conflict, 88–89, 97–100, 112–118, 120–127, 145

Confucius, 108, 294, 309n2

congruence, 37, 112–113, 116

coresidence, 7, 169

cost-benefit analysis, 12, 86, 135

criterion variables, 68, 167–168, 199

criticism, 88–89, 112–118, 120–127, 281

cross-sectional study, 167, 208, 314n27

cultural capital, 134, 313n24

critical opalescence, 310n3

Cronbach’s alpha. See also alpha measure, 37–38

data collection, 3, 6, 26, 29–37, 289, 293–294

daughter, 41, 45–46, 48, 57–58, 296, 298, 302–304, 307

daughter-in-law, 45, 47–48, 57, 59, 65, 109, 302, 305

debilitating illness, 167, 172–181, 183–202, 287–288, 314n28

debriefing, 31, 34, 114, 289, 298

deep structure, 16

Delaware, 3

demands of network members, 49–50, 66, 209

demography, 3, 5–9, 112

density, 15, 42–43, 50–52, 56–57, 61, 65, 67, 71, 77, 87–88, 103–104, 113, 116, 127–128, 139, 141, 161, 165, 171

dependent variable, 21–22, 120, 124, 126–129, 139, 142, 156, 162, 166, 199, 203

depression, 21, 288–289, 299

dialectic, 20, 212

diet, 311n12

diffuse network type, 75

direct effect hypothesis. See under hypothesis

disagreement, 88

disengagement theory, 171

district (Ch’u),, 27–29, 37, 291

diverse network type, 71–81, 95, 97, 100–104, 113, 115–117, 120, 124, 127–129, 139–141, 145, 150–153, 156–157, 160–161, 171, 173, 175, 185–200

passim,, 311n14, 314n26

dummy variable, 90

dysrhythmia, 299

dzun jing,, 294

economic capital, 134

education, 7, 8, 14, 36, 52, 54, 56, 90, 124, 134, 141, 151, 187, 194, 291, 298, 301, 304, 309n2

egocentric network, 4, 14

emic, 30

emotional support, 15, 17–18, 44, 57, 66, 75–77, 79–81, 84, 90–91, 94, 96–97, 100–101, 103–104, 108, 112, 145, 147, 153, 156–157, 162–163, 167, 169–170, 190, 195, 203

employment, 145, 150, 160