Academia Sinica, 290–291, 298

activities of daily living, 314n25

activity theory, 136, 171

affection, 18, 54–56, 63, 92–98, 100–101, 209

affective approach, 30

affine, 69–70

age, 44, 50–55, 65, 72, 90, 99

age cohorts, 36, 38, 43–44, 104, 313n22

agency, 13–14

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

American, 4, 15, 18, 22, 38, 56, 129–130, 169, 210, 294, 309n1

Andrus Gerontological Center, 31

Anglos, 61, 64, 171

Area Agency on Aging, 32–34, 36, 277

Asian, 2, 22, 107, 109, 129, 309n1, 312n19

asymmetry, 95, 103, 213, 311n15

Australians, 67, 130

balanced. See exchange

Baltimore Longitudinal Study on Aging, 161

basic conceptual model, 16

Beijing, China, 20, 68, 169, 175

Belgium, 74

bereavement, 167–169, 173–174, 181, 184, 190, 194, 199, 205

bivariate, 9, 22, 84, 142, 157, 160, 163

Boardman, 25–26, 34–35

bonding. See social capital

Bonferroni test, 71

bridging. See social capital

Buddhist, 29, 306

buffering effect hypothesis. See hypothesis

Canada, 314n31

Canton, China, 172

children, 7, 18, 54, 68–71, 73, 85, 105, 108–109, 169, 209, 281–282, 296–297, 301, 303, 306, 311n8, 312n19

China, 2, 19, 68, 166, 172, 175, 185, 209, 309n1, 312n19, 313n24

Chinese, 2, 17–22, 29, 36–37, 48, 56–57, 108–109, 130, 135, 163, 169–170, 204, 208, 289–294, 297, 301–303, 309n1, 313n24

culture, 2, 7, 57, 108–109, 112, 116, 129, 135, 297, 299, 300, 306

Han, 28, 40, 301

Chinese Americans, 169, 204

Christian, 304

chronic illness, 165–168, 172, 282

Ch’u. See district

Chung Cheng University, 36

church membership, 141–142, 144–145, 148–150, 152–157, 159–162, 279

city block, 26

city manager, 35

Cleveland, Ohio, 168

cluster analysis, 17, 67–68, 71, 74, 138