Exam Flashcards
Cohort analysis
the use of quantitative or qualitative methods to study the characteristics of a specific birth cohort in order to study social change and stability over time
generational analysis
-compare different generations
-Examines the impact on society of social consensus, conflict change, or inequality among generations
lineage effects
- similarities, differences, or conflicts among generations in an extended family
- Eg. views on premarital sex differ from grandparents, to parents, to teenagers and young adults
age grading
- the process by which age influences elements of social life such as social positions, roles, norms, and relationships
- Age grades provide a definition of the expected rights, behavior, and responsibilities of an individual at a particular age
intergenerational transfers
Transfer of money, property, formal services, or “in-kind” donations (child or parent care, housework) is a long standing tradition in family units
public transfers
- Public transfers are made from the state to individuals or families
- Societies resources must be distributed to those who are disadvantaged
- Can include transfers for: Education, Pension, income supplement, Subsidies
private transfers
- intergenerational family transfers involve caregiving and care receiving, as well as financial transfers and housing
- Private transfers begin in childhood with gifts, money, piano lessons, sports participation, opportunities provided by parents; can continue with financial assistance for university, car, home, inheritance
modernization hypothesis
- old people used to be valued because they held all the knowledge
- as society modernized, the industrial revolution happened and there became a need for labourers (knowledge was no longer valued)
- young people became more valued because they could do labour and old people became less valued because there knowledge was no longer needed
Persistent subcultures
- maintain a totally separate and unique lifestyle (mennonites)
subculture
- Subculture (with a unique set of values, norms, customs, behaviours, and attitudes) is a homogenous community distinct from mainstream society
- Eg. chinatown, a retirement village, indigenous, racial and ethnic subcultures
morbidity compression hypothesis
onset of disease has compressed into shorter periods at end of life; thus, health of older people has improved
health paradox
lower risk of disability, higher risk of disease
women and health
- Although women live longer, they experience more years with disability, non-fatal chronic diseases, and stress/anxiety
- Women are also more frequent users of health care services, medications, and residential care facilities
- Women tend to have more illnesses but men die more/sooner
living alone
- Men are less likely to live alone than woman (as they are more likely to remarry, live with a woman, or with family)
- Immigrant seniors are less likely to to live independently than Canadian-born due to cultural values, economic factors, and duration of residence in Canada
informal support
- provided in home or community by family, friends, neighbors, or volunteers, and may involve monitoring quality of care and assisting with care in LTC
- Most informal support is gendered process (daughters/daughters-in-law) tend to be primary caregivers and elderly women, especially widows, tend to be recipients
