Tab. 1.

Overview of Elderly Men's Kinship Networks and Assessment of Vulnerability

Notes:

¹ Economic status is grouped into four strata on the basis of survey data.

I=rich, II=‘comfortably off’, III=‘getting by’, IV=poor (for details see Schröder-Butterfill and Kreager 2005).

For abstract kin, L(arge) = 40+, M(edium) = 15-39, S(mall) = <15. For extended kin, L(arge) = 15+, M(edium) = 5-14, S(mall) = <5. Abbreviations: sp = spouse; ch = child; chn = children; nep(s) = nephew(s).

		Hussin	Kolil	Samad	Suroso	Hari	Fendi	Mis	Arief	Ridwan	Lubis
1	Economic status1	I	I	II	III	III	III	III	IV	IV	IV
2	Living arrangement	Wife	Wife & unmarried children	Wife & married son	Wife & unmarried daughter	Wife, married daughter & son	Wife & married granddaughter	Wife	Wife	Wife	Wife
3	No. of children	4	7	0	5	7	2	0	0	0	0
4	No. of children incl. ‘raised’ & step children	3+	3+	3+	3+	3+	1-2	1-2	0	0	3+
5	No. of children locally	1	3+	3+	3+	3+	1	1	0	0	0
6	Size of extended kin	13	9	15	1	3	7	19	26	13	0
7	Size of local abstract kin	S	M	L	M	M	M	L	M	L	S
8	Important person or family in abstract kin?	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
9	No. of proximate kin	6	10	12	7	14	6	9	13	8	6
10	No. of immediate kin	2	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	2
11	Identity of immediate kin	wife, child	wife, children	wife, children, ch-in-law	wife, children	wife, children	wife, ch, grandch (& sp)	wife, nep (& sp)	wife, sister, affinal nep (& sp)	wife, affinal neps (& sp)	wife, raised son
12	Vulnerable?	weakly	not	not	not	not	weakly	weakly	fairly	fairly	highly