SOC102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Population Ageing, Old Age, Social Forces
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Age is viewed and performed in different ways in different societies. We know what it means to be a particular age. Age distribution fertility + mortality + migration: Because of continuing low birth rates, there are ever-more old people in canada: Part of this is also due to aging of the once-only baby boom (1945-1965): Large base has moved up and aged, distorting the shape of the age structure. Big boom generation have either died but they bulk out the top. In every society with a stable low fertility rate you get a rectangle shape. Today, the baby boomers are 50-70 years old and in 10 years, 60-80 years old: As a result of this population aging, seniors are common and kids are rare. We are becoming a country of older people. However, some populations are still young: e. g. , the inuit population. Up until recently high rates of child bearing.
