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“Friends are equally important to men and women, but family relationships matter more for men’s well-being than for women’s.”

Citation
Mel Bartley Cable, Tarani Chandola and Amanda Sacker (2013). Friends are equally important to men and women, but family matters more for men’s well-being. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 67 (2).

Abstract
People with larger social networks are known to have better well-being; however, little is known about (1) the association with socio-demographic factors that may predict the size and composition of social networks and (2) whether the association with well-being is independent of pre-existing psychological health or socio-demographic factors.

Context
“Conclusions: Having a well-integrated friendship network is a source of psychological well-being among middle-aged adults, while kinship networks appear to be more important for men’s well-being than for women’s. These relationships are independent of education, material status and prior psychological health.”
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