Population Aging and Apocalyptic Demography

Question 1

what are indicators of population aging?

Answer 1

1. % of population over 65 yrs old
2. population pyramids
3. dependency ratios

Question 2

what are contributors to population aging?

Answer 2

1. high fertility rates
2. longer life expectancies
3. migration
4. technological advancements

Question 3

what is an apocalyptic demography?

Answer 3

old people are seen as burdens and leaching off welfare, used to justify cutbacks to their welfare; demographic phenomenon reason to say world is “ending”

Question 4

what is the silver tsunami?

Answer 4

the aging population

Question 5

why does apocalyptic demography persist?

Answer 5

1. ideological function serving as reason for welfare cuts for old people
2. distracts gov accountability
3. common sense logic- old people are dependent

Question 6

what are age relations?

Answer 6

age as a determinant of power

Question 7

what is positive ageism?

Answer 7

seeing old people as acceptable to the extent they’re alike young people

Question 8

what is negative ageism?

Answer 8

1. old people are decaying and dependent on systems
2. old people have wealth but take advantage of system benefits anyway

Question 9

what is the greedy geezer stereotype?

Answer 9

old people are wealthy but take advantage of system benefits anyway

Question 10

why are age relations complex?

Answer 10

1. we all age
2. we are old/young depending on setting/context

Question 11

what is “the greying of America”?

Answer 11

population aging is the social problem, not ageism

Question 12

what is an economic dependency ratio?

Answer 12

number of people not in the labour market per 100 people who are