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The Relationship Between Spatial Design And Communication Patterns In Four Architecturally Different Elderly Housing Complexes, Suzanne L. Borgo
The Relationship Between Spatial Design And Communication Patterns In Four Architecturally Different Elderly Housing Complexes, Suzanne L. Borgo
Communication ETDs
The purpose of this research was to isolate psychological, sociological and environmental variables which interact with proximity in determining friendship formation and communication behaviors for a particular subpopulation, the elderly. Subjects were residents of four architecturally different, low-income, elderly apartment complexes in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
A two-part questionnaire was distributed to the doorsteps of the 338 residents of the four apartment complexes. Part I of the questionnaire consisted of multiple-choice questions related to personal factors and participation in social activities. Part II of the questionnaire was a communication survey. Residents were asked to name five friends in the complex and …