Family structure and the status of the elderly: a preliminary empirical study

The status of the elderly will be positively associated with familial structural complexity (432).

This relationship is curvilinear.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Gamma, Eta-squared	Partially supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Family Structural Complexity	Independent	Nuclear Family, Extended Families
Status Of The Elderly	Dependent	Status And Treatment Of The Aged

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Balkwell, Carolyn	1981	Extended family will be positively associated with high status of the elderly (425)	`UNKNOWN`	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Balkwell, Carolyn	1981	Subsistence economy and type of family will predict status for the elderly (427)	`UNKNOWN`	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Balkwell, Carolyn	1981	Agricultural subsistence (settled agriculture) will be positively associated with the status of the elderly (425).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Balkwell, Carolyn	1981	Subsistence economy, transfer of wealth at marriage and type of family will predict status of the elderly (427)	`UNKNOWN`	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ishii-Kuntz, Masako	1987	Social complexityas measured by economy is positively associated with status of the elderly (413, 418)	`UNKNOWN`	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author