The Social Connectedness of Older Adults: A National Profile*

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Published in Am Sociol Rev on January 01, 2008

Authors

Benjamin Cornwell1, Edward O Laumann, L Philip Schumm

Author Affiliations

1: Center on Demography and Economics of Aging, NORC and the University of Chicago, 1155 E. 60 St., Room 352 C, Chicago, IL 60637, cornwell@uchicago.edu.

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