Age Inequality: Facts Flashcards
How many ages of life approach did Laslett use?
3
What are the ages of life approach that Laslett used?
Period of socialisation
Work and childbearing
Independence
What Weberian idea/term can be used when assessing age discrimination?
Life chances
What method did Patricia Moore use in her research of age discrimination?
Covert participant observation
What did Patricia Moore’s research tell her?
Assumptions were made about her such deafness and confusion and being unimportant.
What is a benefit for an employer to employ someone below the age of 21?
Cheap labour
What % of discrimination cases filed after 2006 cited age as the reason?
38% (from MORI)
Which group of people argue that it is society who determines retirement age not the individual?
Structuralists
What is a demographic time bomb?
When the population is not balanced e.g. by 2021 33% of the population will be over 55
How many children live in poverty in the UK?
3.5 million
According to Age UK what % of pensioners live in poverty?
16%
What type of poverty do pensioners face?
Fuel, food
Jones et el 2010 focused on the topic of age identity by examining how retirement is a lifestyle and cultural choice. What did he find out?
Higher status gives people more choice about when to retire.
Early retirement is seen as a positive -time for activities/hobbies /freedom
Respondents felt fortunate they had the choice compared to their previous and future generations
In Kagan’s study ‘Activity and aging in a columbium peasant village’. How did the old feel/were they treated?
Respected and valued members of their communities
What is the digital divide?
Differential access to technology
