“…The differences between our findings and those reported in studies from the United States concern the larger size of women's networks in late adulthood in American studies (e.g., Antonucci, 1990;Antonucci & Akiyama, 1987), the imbalance in receiving support from the partner in favor of married men in the United States (e.g., Antonucci, 1990;Depner & Ingersoll-Dayton, 1985;Gurung et al, 2003;Walen & Lachman, 2000), and a relative lack of influence of support from the wife or any other measures of marital quality on married men's wellbeing in North American studies (e.g., Acitelli & Antonucci, 1994;Gove et al, 1983;Quirouette & Gold, 1992). Further, according to many studies that have been conducted in the United States, married women are lonelier than married men in late adulthood (Pinquart & Sörensen, 2001).…”