SOC363H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ower, Child Care, Middle Age
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Thinking about age : what do age differences mean, the complexity of interpreting age differences , key: Age and depression recent trends. Results have been replicated numerous times; e. g. in. Overall : depression declines to midlife, then increases in later life, anxiety and anger continually decline through life. People that live into old age have more traits impt for survival. Increased single- parent and divorced- parent background among the young: decline: Illness (chronic conditions, health risks) Trends over the life course: economic status: rise and fall of income mirrors depression, higher income = decrease in depression. In later life, less financial dependence: security (is higher) vs. income (decreases) N lower prevalence of marriage employment marriage loss of sense of control physical decline lower education. The life course perspective: the long view of lives: the importance of remote causation. Elder and liker reading: hard times in women"s lives.
