SOCI 2270 Study Guide - Final Guide: Middle Ages, Social Class, The Michaels
9 Mar 2018
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Unit 7: aging in canadian families today: define middle and old age from your own perspective and then from the academic social definition. Explain why chappell does not think the trend will continue: for the first time in history, virtually everyone is living to old age (barring wars, accidents, etc. ) This has a profound effect on families, of whatever form. It matters not whether one is in a heterosexual, homosexual, lesbian, single parent, or blended family its members can now expect to live to old age and within old age, to live for approximately another 20 years. And one can expect to live with more generations alive than was true in the past (referred to as vertical extension) but with fewer siblings (referred to as horizontal shrinkage). Among women almost as many are widowed (42. 7% of women; 12. 7% of men). I feel that older adult canadians are not abandoned in terms of family life.
