SOC334H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Change, Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill, List Of Sovereign States And Dependent Territories By Immigrant Population
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Lecture 3: there is a change in the shape of population graphs, there are less children due to a drop of fertility rates, there is a growing aging population in contrast to other age groups. Chapter 3: aging in canada and the world today: overview of learning objectives, population aging: concepts and measurements, social forces and ageing, the impacts of population aging, aging in canada, aging in the world today. Dimensions of age: chronological age: chronological age is the number of years a person has lived, many people who write about old age use 65 as the starting-off mark. Include all three ways mentioned in the textbook: the concept of age is changing over time. In canada it is 65+, but it varies depending on the country. In countries of lower life expectancy, old age may be earlier: even in medieval times the age is earlier because people get married and have kids at a young age.
