This study examines the associations among social network types, multiple health conditions, and various health-care use. Data came from the 2006 and 2008 wave of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging. A two-step cluster analytical approach was used to identify social network types. Regression models determined associations between social network types, health changes, and health-care use, including checkups, outpatient service, traditional medicine use, and hospitalization. Four social network types (restricted, couple focused, friend, and diverse) were found. Compared with the restricted type, individuals in the couple-focused type were more likely to use traditional medicine and outpatient care; members in the diverse type were more likely to use traditional medicine. The interaction model revealed varying associations between health change and social network on health-care use. Findings reveal the culturally contextualized association among multiple health conditions and how social network type moderates the relationship with health-care use.

Children and the intergenerational transmission of poverty Description of Project's Link to Core Thematic Research Area Noted Above: This project focuses on a particularly vulnerable subgroup of poor families with childrenthose who come in contact with the child welfare system. The goal of the project is to discern patterns of family income dynamics-and types of economic disconnection-relative to spells of child welfare involvement and assess the impact of these trajectories on family reunification (versus termination of parental rights). Family reunification, as soon as safely possible, is the preferred outcome of child welfare intervention. The longer youth remain in care, the more likely they are to experience multiple moves and escalating risk including behavioral problems, delinquency, and school failure. Timely reunification with the family of origin is particularly important for adolescents, who are less likely to be adopted than younger children. As age of placement increases, the risk of aging out of foster care without a permanent home rises.

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