20.500.12556/RUL-136399 The social support networks of elderly people in Slovenia during the Covid-19 pandemic Population ageing requires society to adjust by ensuring additional types of services and assistance for elderly people. These may be provided by either organized services and sources of informal social support. The latter are especially important since a lack of social support is associated with a lower level of psychological and physical well-being. During the Covid-19 pandemic, social support for the elderly has proven to be even more crucial, also due to physical distancing. Therefore, this study aims to identify and describe the various types of personal social support networks available to the elderly population during the pandemic. To this end, a survey of Slovenians older than 64 years was conducted from April 25 to May 4, 2020 on a probability web-panel-based sample (n = 605). The ego networks were clustered by a hierarchical clustering approach for symbolic data. Clustering was performed for different types of social support (socializing, instrumental support, emotional support) and different characteristics of the social support networks (i.e., type of relationship, number of contacts, geographical distance). The results show that most of the elderly population in Slovenia has a satisfactory social support network, while the share of those without any (accessible) source of social support is significant. The results are particularly valuable for sustainable care policy planning, crisis intervention planning as well as any future waves of the coronavirus. true false true Angleški jezik Angleški jezik Slovenija; Slovenia; Članek v reviji 2022-04-29 08:40:47 2022-04-29 08:40:47 2022-09-15 04:13:50 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2021 0 0 16 str. iss. 3 Vol. 16 2021 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2021-03-03 303:364.4-053.9(497.4) 1932-6203 10.1371/journal.pone.0247993 54155523 Cugmas_et_al_Plos.pdf Cugmas_et_al_Plos.pdf 1 5B7FA6A9C976BBB3C2D825717825C7B9 efb9e8c1458f8aa15806725d7d68e5fcc067d5f7de51164bcc0e1bbdd9197185 5ea0ae23-c787-11ec-8aca-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=156023 Fakulteta za družbene vede 0 0 0