The Ageing Population (Families and Households)

Question 1

Elderly Couple Households:

What percentage of the elderly population lives in a household with their partner?

Answer 1

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Question 2

Elderly Couple Households:

How many of the elderly are essentially carers for their spouses?

Answer 2

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Question 3

Elderly Couple Households:

Why is it much more likely for the woman to be the carer?

Answer 3

• Women have a higher life expectancy due to different attitudes and lifestyles, different carers, more risks etc.

Question 4

Elderly one-person households:
What percentage of one-person households are composed of the elderly?
Of these households, what percentage are made up of lone elderly women?

Answer 4

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Question 5

Elderly one-person households:

How many widows are there in the UK compared to widowers?

Answer 5

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Question 6

Elderly one-person households:
Why does Chambers believe that this family support for elderly single-person households might not be available to elderly people in the future? Give three reasons.

Answer 6

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Question 7

Extended families:

In the 1950s, how many of the elderly lived in extended families after being taken in by family members?

Answer 7

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