Age Inequality - Sociologists

Question 1

Weberian

Who developed the NS-SEC?

Answer 1

John Goldthorpe

Question 2

Age is a neglected dimension of inequality

Answer 2

Bradley

Question 3

Women receive lower occupational pensions

Answer 3

Davidson

Question 4

EM elderly are less likely to access private pensions

Answer 4

Davidson

Question 5

Different cultures have different meanings and values to different age groups

Answer 5

Marsh and Keating

Question 6

Women live longer - not always to their advantage

Answer 6

Arber

Question 7

Pak/Bang suffer more ill health

Answer 7

Nazroo

Question 8

Class is a critical factor in explaining age inequality

Answer 8

Foster and Walker

Question 9

Colombia - old remained socially and economically active

Answer 9

Kagan

Question 10

Functionalist

As people age they lose vitality and their health declines

Answer 10

Cumming and Henry

Question 11

Marxism

Need to make profits (logic of capitalism)

Answer 11

Walker and Phillipson

Question 12

Marxism

Age classes

Answer 12

Vincent

Question 13

Marxism

Institutional dependency & forced dependency

Answer 13

Phillipson

Question 14

Feminism

Women and children are often thought of as the same

Answer 14

Oakley

Question 15

Feminism

Double standard

Answer 15

Itzin

Question 16

Feminism

Ageing affects women more than men in terms of lifestyle, expectations and roles

Answer 16

Gannon

Question 17

Weberian

Cohort

Answer 17

Riley

Question 18

Weberian

Old age and retirement triggers a loss of status

Answer 18

McKingsley

Question 19

Some people are too old to promote regardless of their credentials

Answer 19

Glass ceiling

Question 20

Weberian

Young and old are stigmatised due to low status

Answer 20

Turner

Question 21

Elderly are treated like children, person hood

Answer 21

Hockey and James

Question 22

Negative labelling and self fulfilling prophecy

Answer 22

Victor

Question 23

Moral panics, explanation for inequality faces by the young in the media

Answer 23

Stanley Cohen

Question 24

Postmodernism

Age is fragmented and diverse

Answer 24

Featherstone and Hepworth

Question 25

Post modernism | Grey Pound

Answer 25

Elderly are important consumers

Question 26

Functionalism | Age is a mechanism of social integration

Answer 26

Parsons