SOC334H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: World War I
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O everything before today, not visiting professor"s lecture. Proportion of elderly in canada, genentology + social gen terms, etc. , aging process after. Marital status @ later stage in life life course perspective helps explain. Look @ social factors that influence like financial status, economic, etc. Reasons to explain higher number of widows [f] compared to widowers [m: demographic life expectancy. Women outlive men (about 5 years longer in canada: marriage patterns (age difference) between males + females. Females marry men who are older: behavioural aspect remarry. Men more likely to remarry than women. U shaped curve: happier @ beginning then level of happiness declines later on in life. Why are seniors also living in common-law which wasn"t so much of a case before? . Younger adults live in common-law: generational issue. Cohabitation association: if younger cohabit, parents more likely to cohabit.
