SOCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Old Age Security, Pension
26 Mar 2019
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Those aged 65 and over are not a homogeneous group: age, sex, marital status, living arrangements, income, age, divide seniors into. Old- old (85 and above: size of each class of seniors is growing, proportion of the canadian population of each class of seniors represents is growing. People aged 85 and over account for fastest growing component of the senior population in canada. They are going to make 6% of the total canadian population: sex, aging of cnadaian population accompanied by an increasing proportion of women of older ages. 68% of old- old: living arrangements: 2011. 92. 1% lives in private households or dwellings. 56. 4% lived as part of a couple. # 31. 5% of women vs 16% of men. #for old-old: 36. 5% of women vs. 21. 7% of men. Seniors get income from multiple sources: employment earnings, public. Old age security, guarantee income and spousal allowance. Employment income: members of aged subpopulation are generally excluded from paid labor.
