SOC101R Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Population Ageing, Symbolic Interactionism, Social Exchange Theory
6 Dec 2016
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A growth in proportion of older people, typically 65 & over. The greying of canada: in 2001, those 65+ yrs. were 13 % of the population, in 2001, median age has risen to 37. 6 years, the proportion of elderly is increasing in all rich nations. Life expectancy: at the beginning of the 1900s, 50. 2 years for women & 47. 2 years for men: now. 82. 7 years for women & 78. 0 years for men: old-age dependency ratio: ratio of elderly to working age population, possible problems for health care & other resources. Individual issues: personal planning, decision to retire, adjustment to retirement. Societal issues: social policy & legislation, impact of social & economic trends, impact on pensions & responsibility for benefits, retirement comes with reduced social prestige & loss of purpose. The study of aging: age effects or maturation: changes that are a result of aging, period effects: because of living at a specific time.
