In a 2019 Study of the Nature of the Personal

question 12

Multiple Choice

In a 2019 study of the nature of the personal networks of residents of East York, Toronto, Canada, the authors found that most of the older adults they interviewed belonged to the following group:

• A) older adults were primarily socially isolated individuals
• B) older adults were evenly distributed across all three groups: socially isolated, socially connected, and networked individuals
• C) older adults were primarily socially connected individuals
• D) older adults were both socially isolated individuals and socially isolated individuals

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