In general, the literature about social support networks (SSNs) has been divided into two different statements: On the one hand, social support is a safety net that helps the ego confront disadvantages in life. On the other hand, studies have shown how SSNs could act as sources of constraints for ego, especially in poverty. In this study, we looked into the SSNs of older people over time and found how those two paths co‐exist and depend on the socioeconomic status of ego. Then, this article aims to discover how cumulative social inequalities intersect with social networks in facilitating or hampering social support over time, impacting retirement experience. Specifically, we want to observe if and how the life trajectories of older people from different socioeconomic statuses affect how people build their SSNs in terms of structure and composition. This article presents a mixed‐method project that collected qualitative life history interviews from 30 older women and men in Santiago, Chile. The results show that socioeconomic status plays a role in shaping individual experiences of retirement but that these experiences are shaped through SSNs structural and compositional characteristics. People identify salient life events and the relevant networks and conjointly discuss supportive and/or exploitative aspects of their networks. The amount of support they give to others or that they receive from their alters accumulates over time, resulting in a progressive social inclusion or exclusion mechanism. This article concludes that SSNs during retirement are shaped by the ego’s socioeconomic status and life history.

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生活轨迹对退休的影响：社会支持网络中的社会经济差异

总的来说，关于社会支持网络 (SSN) 的文献分为两种不同的说法：一方面，社会支持是帮助自我面对生活中不利条件的安全网。另一方面，研究表明 SSN 如何成为自我约束的来源，尤其是在贫困中。在这项研究中，我们随着时间的推移调查了老年人的 SSN，发现这两种途径如何共存并取决于自我的社会经济地位。然后，本文旨在发现随着时间的推移，累积的社会不平等如何与社交网络相交，从而促进或阻碍社会支持，从而影响退休体验。具体来说，我们想观察来自不同社会经济地位的老年人的生活轨迹是否以及如何影响人们如何在结构和组成方面建立他们的社会保障网络。本文介绍了一个混合方法项目，该项目收集了智利圣地亚哥 30 名老年女性和男性的定性生活史访谈。结果表明，社会经济地位在塑造个人退休经历方面发挥着作用，但这些经历是通过 SSN 的结构和组成特征塑造的。人们识别重要的生活事件和相关网络，并共同讨论他们网络的支持和/或剥削方面。随着时间的推移，他们给予他人或从他人那里获得的支持量会随着时间的推移而积累，从而形成一种渐进的社会包容或排斥机制。本文得出结论，退休期间的社会保障号码受自我的社会经济地位和生活史的影响。