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*department of sociology, arizona state university, tempe, az . wallin, and schultz, ; parsons, ) or the individual (polsky and duberman, ). in many fields of sociological endeavor, such as gerontology and health, the precise strength of kinship ties has become an important issue. thus writers have pointed
out that social support groups such as kin reduce mortality and morbidity (berkman, ) and provide most of the help that chronically ill older people receive (kendig, ; shanas, ). yet when it comes to measuring the strength of such ties, there is con- siderable confusion as to which items should be used...
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