informal activity, 138, 171

informed consent, 31, 33, 36

Institutional Review Board/Human Subject Research (IRB/HSR), 31–33

instrumental support, 17, 168–170, 203

INT. See inventory of network transactions

interdependence, 22, 108, 127

intervening variable, 102

inventory of network transactions (INT)See also emotional support; material support; service support, 17, 18, 44, 86, 105, 136, 170, 211, 311n15.

IRB/HSR. See Institutional Review Board/Human Subject Research

Irrigon, 25, 34

Israel, 50, 68, 187

Israeli, 15, 43, 53, 136, 210

Japan, 2, 50, 109, 166, 309n2

Japanese, 22, 27, 301, 303

jeng shin,, 302

jing zhong,, 294

joint-stem family, 7

juen tsun,, 292, 296, 298, 305

Kaohsiung, 27

ken ding,, 294

kibbutz, 316n23

kin network type, 75

leisure activities, 9, 23, 38, 133, 136–139, 141–142, 150–151, 160–163, 171–173, 178, 181, 185, 190, 194, 199–205

going places, 137, 145–147, 150–153, 156, 160, 181, 194 going places (continued), 200, 204, 150, 156, 160–164, 181, 200, 204

group activities, 137, 162–164

mental activities, 137, 150, 156, 194

physical activities, 136–137, 140, 145–147, 150–151, 156, 160–162, 172, 181, 193, 200, 204, 314n26

productive activities, 137, 145–147, 150, 156, 162, 194, 200, 203–204, 314n31

spectator activities, 137, 151, 156

li. See sub-district

life course, 21, 53, 112

life expectancy, 6

life satisfaction, 9, 19–23, 48, 54, 57, 61, 77, 88–90, 96–105, 112–113, 117, 120, 126–129, 138–142, 147–151, 153–157, 161–168, 171–175, 194–204, 295, 306, 309n1, 314n29, 314n31

scale, 19, 37

life-threatening illness, 167, 172–200, 314n28

Likert scale, 38, 48, 54, 88, 116

Liverpool, England, 68

local self-contained network type, 145

locus of control, 9, 16, 20–22, 38, 48, 52–54, 57, 61–62, 83, 89, 96–105, 112–113, 117, 120, 124–129, 167–170, 173, 175, 181–185, 190–194, 199–200, 204, 314n29

definition of, 21, 38

external, 21, 124, 161, 170, 185