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Peer reviewedHochschild, Arlie Russell – Society, 1973
Presents evidence that disengagement from life may be situational--that how an individual ages depends largely on his/her social milieu, and that socially isolated older people may disengage but that older people supported by a community of appropriate peers, do not. (Author)
Descriptors: Attendants, Collective Settlements, Family Life, Older Adults
