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Living Arrangements Of Older Adults In The Developing World: An Analysis Of Dhs Household Surveys [Arabic], John Bongaarts, Zachary Zimmer

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Using data from Demographic and Health Surveys, this study examines living arrangements of older adults in 43 developing countries and compares patterns by gender, world regions, and macro-level measures of socioeconomic development. Indicators include household size, headship, relationship to head, and coresidence with spouse, children, and others. Unweighted regional averages and OLS regressions determine whether variations exist. Average household sizes are large, but a substantially higher proportion of elderly adults live alone than do individuals in other age groups. Females are more likely than males to live alone and are less likely to live with a spouse or to head …

Review Of: Bonnie L. Walker, Injury Prevention For The Elderly- A Research Guide (Greenwood Press 1995), David E. Belfort

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of: Bonnie L. Walker, Injury Prevention for the Elderly- A Research Guide (Greenwood Press 1995). Acknowledgments, appendices, author index, bibliographical references, foreword, preface, subject index. LC 95-32989; ISSN 0743-7560 [328 pp. Cloth $75.00. 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881.]

Home Alone: The Effects Of Out-Migration On Niuean Elders’ Living Arrangements And Social Supports, Judith C. Barker

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

The Older Population In Massachusetts, 1980-1990, Gerontology Institute, University Of Massachusetts Boston

Gerontology Institute Publications

Massachusetts and the nation are aging! People 65 and older are growing in numbers more rapidly than other younger segments of the population, and the unprecedented growth of this group has created new demands on and new opportunities for every major sector of American life. But if we are to make constructive plans for an aging society, we must have sound information on the major changes in the make-up of the population.

This report shows how the older populations in Massachusetts and in the United States have changed in the decade between 1980 and 1990. It is designed to serve …

Reviews Of New Books In Gerontology (1991), Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Review of L.A. Pastalan & M.E. Cowart. Lifestyles and Housing of Older Adults: The Florida Experience. New York: Haworth Press. 1989. 114 pp. $22.95. Brief reviews of Teitelman and Parham (Compilers) Fundamentals of Geriatrics for Health Professionals: An Annotated Bibliography; Hughston, Christopherson & Bonjean (Eds.) Aging and Family Therapy: Practitioner Perspectives on Golden Pond.; Disch (Ed.) Twenty-Five Years of the Life Review: Theoretical and Practical Considerations; and Clements (Ed). Religion, Aging and Health: A Global Perspective.

Conflict And Violence In Gende Society: Older Persons As Victims, Troublemakers, And Perpetrators, Laura J. Zimmer

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Ellen Rhoads Holmes's Review Of Dorothy Ayers Counts And David R. Counts's Aging And Its Transformations: Moving Toward Death In Pacific Societies, Ellen Rhoads Holmes

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Age Differences In Comprehension Of Affirmative And Negative Information In Verbal And Symbolic Traffic Signs, Sharon Lee Morey

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Age And Vigilance: The Effects Of Event Rate And Task Pacing, Jack D. Mohney

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Modernization On The Aged In American Samoa, Ellen C. Rhoads

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Growing Old In Changing Micronesia, Leonard Mason

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Aging And The Milieu Of Social Policy, Roger A. Lohmann, Nancy Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

One facet of the new conservatism, which is drawing so much interest but not much information currently is the proposal for converting a large number of social service programs (including the Administration on Aging) into a single community block grant program. Even without the Reagan Administration and its new conservatism, however, the case for substantial--if less dramatic--changes in the network of services and programs which benefit the aged has been growing for some time. In this chapter, wel review some of the broader implications of current social policies for the aged, and some of the criticisms raised among gerontologists, concentrating …

Aging As Symbolic Interaction, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

This paper consists of four parts. Part I is a review of the relationship of research and theory in social gerontology. Part II outlines the case for a symbolic interactionist theory of aging. Symbolic interaction is identified and discussed as a theoretical orientation compatible with a significant portion of the research in aging done within the “activity theory” tradition, and also capable of contributing to and informing intervention. Part III explores a number of recent efforts toward synthesis in social gerontology and Part IV explores contributions of those efforts to a symbolic interactionist theory of aging.