SOC 120CDWI Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Centenarian
10 Dec 2016
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Industrialization changed the way families are organized: grandparenthood as distinct stage is a wwii phenomenon. Mortality: the number of deaths in a population. Active life expectancy: number of years a person can expect to live without disability: higher for whites than blacks. Older population: 65 years of age and older: young old: 65-74 years, old-old: 75-84 years, oldest old: 85 years and over, centenarian: a person 100 years or older. Fertility: the number of births in a population: falling fertility rates/ falling mortality rates. Finished raising children before grandchildren arrive: horizontal relationships have shrunk, vertical ties have increased. Social security has increased faster than the cost of living has. Women more likely to be poor than men. (cid:858)t(cid:449)ee(cid:374)e(cid:396)s(cid:859): g(cid:396)oup of elde(cid:396)ly that ha(cid:448)e i(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:373)e (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) poo(cid:396) a(cid:374)d middle class: ca(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:395)ualify fo(cid:396) pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) assista(cid:374)(cid:272)e, cant supplement social security with pensions and savings. Medicare: government program of health insurance for all elderly people.
