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This graph indicates the portion represented by immediate family, other relatives, neighbours and other people in the social networks of people close to individuals. A number of relations surface. First, the oldest people are more likely than the youngest to have immediate family members occupy a significant portion of their social network (on average, the networks of people close to the elderly aged 75 years and up consisted of 45% immediate family members, versus 38% for people aged 25 to 54 years). By contrast, the youngest are more likely to have a bigger proportion of other friends in their social network (on average, other people represent approximately 35% of the members of their networks, versus less than 30% of people aged 75 and up).
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2003.