Aging Social Class And Ethnicity

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1997-09-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309175562

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Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Health of Older Americans by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population Pdf

Older Americans, even the oldest, can now expect to live years longer than those who reached the same ages even a few decades ago. Although survival has improved for all racial and ethnic groups, strong differences persist, both in life expectancy and in the causes of disability and death at older ages. This book examines trends in mortality rates and selected causes of disability (cardiovascular disease, dementia) for older people of different racial and ethnic groups. The determinants of these trends and differences are also investigated, including differences in access to health care and experiences in early life, diet, health behaviors, genetic background, social class, wealth and income. Groups often neglected in analyses of national data, such as the elderly Hispanic and Asian Americans of different origin and immigrant generations, are compared. The volume provides understanding of research bearing on the health status and survival of the fastest-growing segment of the American population.

Author : Zena Smith Blau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Aging
ISBN : UOM:39015020770031

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Aging, Social Class, and Ethnicity by Zena Smith Blau Pdf

Author : Toni M. Calasanti,Kathleen F. Slevin
Publisher : AltaMira Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2001-08-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780759116979

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Gender, Social Inequalities, and Aging by Toni M. Calasanti,Kathleen F. Slevin Pdf

The experience of men and women in later life varies enormously, not only along lines of gender but also due to ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, and race. In this text on gender issues among the aging, Calasanti and Slevin explore these differences, their genesis, their meaning to men and women, and their treatment in the policy arena. The authors also take to task traditional research on aging and how it ignores these issues. The authors cover topics of work and retirement, body image, sexuality, health, family relationships, and informal care, among many others. The current research and nuanced theoretical approach presented in this brief book makes it the ideal text to correct the stereotypic and monolithic views of the elderly for courses in gender or aging.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 753 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004-10-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309092111

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Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life Pdf

In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good-or equally poor-health. There is wide variation, but on average older Whites are healthier than older Blacks and tend to outlive them. But Whites tend to be in poorer health than Hispanics and Asian Americans. This volume documents the differentials and considers possible explanations. Selection processes play a role: selective migration, for instance, or selective survival to advanced ages. Health differentials originate early in life, possibly even before birth, and are affected by events and experiences throughout the life course. Differences in socioeconomic status, risk behavior, social relations, and health care all play a role. Separate chapters consider the contribution of such factors and the biopsychosocial mechanisms that link them to health. This volume provides the empirical evidence for the research agenda provided in the separate report of the Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life.

Author : Leo Driedger,Neena L. Chappell
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483141985

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Aging and Ethnicity by Leo Driedger,Neena L. Chappell Pdf

Aging and Ethnicity: Toward an Interface provides a framework for comparison in aging and ethnicity. This book examines the ethnic factor and its importance for the study of the elderly. Organized into five chapters, this book begins with an overview of the general demographic characteristics underlying the social structure of the ethnic elderly. This text then explores the extent to which elements of assimilation and modernization affect the lives of Canada's ethnic elderly. Other chapters consider the existing social policies as they pertain to ethnic groups and present a research agenda to guide basic and evaluation research. This book discusses as well the role of primary group relations for maintaining ethnic identity and for preventing loss of status within the family. The final chapter deals with methodological issues to be considered when studying the ethnic elderly. This book is a valuable resource for sociologists, ethnic assimilationists, medical specialists, and gerontologists.

Author : Gilleard, Chris,Higgs, Paul
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447338611

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Social Divisions and Later Life by Gilleard, Chris,Higgs, Paul Pdf

As the population ages, this book reveals how divides that are apparent through childhood and working life change and are added to in later life. Two internationally renowned experts in ageing look beyond longstanding factors like class, gender and ethnicity to explore new social divisions, including contrasting states of physical fitness and mental health. They show how differences in health and frailty are creating fresh inequalities in later life, with significant implications for the future of our ageing societies. This accessible overview of social divisions is essential reading for those interested in the sociology of ageing and its differences, diversities and inequalities.

Author : Marjorie H. Cantor,Mark Brennan, PhD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2000-02-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780826197030

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Social Care of the Elderly by Marjorie H. Cantor,Mark Brennan, PhD Pdf

"A welcome addition to the literature in this important area of work, that builds on...the empirical studies which have illuminated our understanding of the requirements of effective service provision. The final section...is, in a real sense, a call for action, for all of us in the field and for public officials and 'opinion makers' to respond to the need for 'Social Care' now and in the new millenium."--from the foreword by Rose Dobrof, DSW, Brookdale Professor of Gerontology, Hunter College, and James R. Dumpson, PhD, Chairman of Policy Center for Aging, New York Community Trust Based on two groundbreaking studies of older people in an urban setting, this important book focuses on access to social services for different ethnicities. Cantor and Brennan review different models and provide the theoretical base for the book in Part I. They describe ways in which the complementary roles of informal and formal systems change as a function of the health status of older people. In Part II, they illustrate the ways in which ethnicity, class, and culture affect the roles of the formal and informal systems by focusing on specific case studies of African American, Latino, and Jewish elderly.

Author : Leslie Morgan,Suzanne Kunkel
Publisher : Pine Forge Press
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0761987312

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Aging by Leslie Morgan,Suzanne Kunkel Pdf

NEW edition! More than any other social gerontology texts available, addresses issues of diversity in aging by race, ethnicity, social class, and gender throughout.

Author : Jerome Kagan
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780262042932

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Kinds Come First by Jerome Kagan Pdf

An argument that the meaning of a psychological or biological measure depends on the age, gender class, and ethnicity of the human subject. In Kinds Come First, the distinguished psychologist Jerome Kagan argues that—contrary to the common assumption—age, gender, social class, and ethnicity affect the outcomes of psychological measures, and he questions the popular practice that uses statistical procedures to remove the effects of these categories to confirm a favored predictor-outcome relation. The idea that psychological measures have meanings that transcend the kinds of subjects, Kagan writes, reflects a premature hope of discovering broadly generalizable conclusions. In Kinds Come First, Kagan hopes to persuade investigators otherwise. Kagan examines the unique properties of the four categories, making the case that life stage, gender, class, and ethnicity affect psychological measures in complex, nontrivial ways. He discusses the relevance of a person's developmental stage to many outcomes, focusing on the interval from five to twelve months, when working memory and the ability to relate the past to the present expands. He cites evidence suggesting that a person's gender, class of rearing, and ethnicity, within a particular society, are better predictors of health, arrest record, cognitive skills, and current life satisfaction than either their genomes or answers to a personality questionnaire. Finally, Kagan argues, the biological properties that are more common in one gender, class, or ethnic group, are not a defensible basis for restricting access to an educational program, vocation, or position of authority. A society can ignore such differences in order to honor an ethical imperative for equality without incurring serious costs.

Author : Committee on Population,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1997-10-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309553063

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Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Health of Older Americans by Committee on Population,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council Pdf

Older Americans, even the oldest, can now expect to live years longer than those who reached the same ages even a few decades ago. Although survival has improved for all racial and ethnic groups, strong differences persist, both in life expectancy and in the causes of disability and death at older ages. This book examines trends in mortality rates and selected causes of disability (cardiovascular disease, dementia) for older people of different racial and ethnic groups. The determinants of these trends and differences are also investigated, including differences in access to health care and experiences in early life, diet, health behaviors, genetic background, social class, wealth and income. Groups often neglected in analyses of national data, such as the elderly Hispanic and Asian Americans of different origin and immigrant generations, are compared. The volume provides understanding of research bearing on the health status and survival of the fastest-growing segment of the American population.

Author : Ron Manuel
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015050402208

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Minority Aging by Ron Manuel Pdf

Author : Oxford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0199010927

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Understanding Social Inequality by Oxford Pdf

Now in its third edition, Understanding Social Inequality examines the full scope of inequality in Canada today. The text's two-part structure introduces theories of class, gender, age, ethnicity, and race before examining case studies and examples demonstrating the consequences of inequality.This allows students to form their own conclusions about why social inequality remains prevalent and the potential actions that can be taken to eradicate it.

Author : John A Vincent
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781135367930

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Inequality And Old Age by John A Vincent Pdf

An analysis of ageing in relation to identity formation, inequality and stratification. The book outlines a theory of social inequality which encompasses those inequalities associated with old age - in addition to class, gender, race and ethnicity.; This book is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate sociology courses in social stratification and social theory, as well as students and researchers in social policy, social welfare and health with an interest in the study of ageing.

Author : Donald E. Gelfand,Alfred J. Kutzik
Publisher : New York : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015007253555

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Ethnicity and Aging by Donald E. Gelfand,Alfred J. Kutzik Pdf

Author : Donald E. Gelfand,Charles M. Barresi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015026945488

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Ethnic Dimensions of Aging by Donald E. Gelfand,Charles M. Barresi Pdf