demography- aging 2 Flashcards
the average age of uk pop rising
1971 34.1y, 2013- 40.3y (inc 6y)
now fewer younger people more older people
Hirsch 2005
traditional age ‘pyrimid’ is disappearing and being replaced with more or less equal sized ‘blocks’
a number of important social policies will need to change to tackle prob caused by aging pop.
eg how to finance long period of old age= working longer + housing change ‘trade down’ into smaller accommodation free up housing for younger people. policies req cultural change in attitudes to old age
causing of again pop
-inc life expectancy
medical care/nhs/hygein, today most people expected to live 60+
causing of aging pop-
declining in infant mortality
vaccination, rising children knowledge, nhs
causing aging pop
-decline fertility
employment for women/expectations
world wide fertility 5 births per women 1950, 2.3 in 2021
implications on aging pop
-burden public services and dependency ratio
dr=balacne between working pop(contribute to tax) and those that depend on welfare state (pensioners)
-gov concern dependent elderly soon outnumber tax paying workers.
-griffins report= cost of elders care going to escalate in future due to baby boom retiering =unstable pension/health care costs. retirement inc 66 soon to be 70
implications on aging pop
inc in 1 person household
+chambers
elderly people living alone inc overtime once partner dead- mostly wome(chambers) feminisation of later life
implications on aging pop
inc in beanpole and extended family
brannen
decline in birth rate and rise in life expectancy lead to bean pole family
mplications on aging pop
inc in beanpole and extended family
rosetal
relationship between grandparents and grandchild more sig due to playing role in economic matinence of family/primary scoialsion of children
positive aging
-blakie
growing number of empty nesters and more affluent retires brought change in how elderly viewed - created ‘third age’ elderly seen as boosting the economy rather than depend problem (leisure)
have disposable income than prev gen
positive aging
centrality of media
positive aspects of elderly life- anti aging products enable old to write different identities for themselves
aging pop and theory
-structual sociologist
old age as life stage which many argue has become stigmatised with association of dependency and are being burden.
aging pop and theory
post modenrist
people are always free to choose identities throughout own life style- age no longer determines how we live
inequality for old age
-class(pilcher)
MIDDLE CLASS HAVE BETTER OCCUPATIONAL PENSIONS. POORER HAVE LOWER LFIE EXPECTANCY- ADVERSE HEALTH outcomes - work longer
inequality for old age
-gender (pilcher)
women face life long discriminations, have lower earnings, =lower pension= hard to maintain adequate standard of living
inequality for old age
-ethnicity
lang communaication barrier ina ttempting to access health services. -black/asian/minority ethnic groups 50-70 more likely to be poor