demography- aging 2

Question 1

the average age of uk pop rising

Answer 1

1971 34.1y, 2013- 40.3y (inc 6y)
now fewer younger people more older people

Question 2

Hirsch 2005

Answer 2

traditional age ‘pyrimid’ is disappearing and being replaced with more or less equal sized ‘blocks’
a number of important social policies will need to change to tackle prob caused by aging pop.
eg how to finance long period of old age= working longer + housing change ‘trade down’ into smaller accommodation free up housing for younger people. policies req cultural change in attitudes to old age

Question 3

causing of again pop
-inc life expectancy

Answer 3

medical care/nhs/hygein, today most people expected to live 60+

Question 4

causing of aging pop-
declining in infant mortality

Answer 4

vaccination, rising children knowledge, nhs

Question 5

causing aging pop
-decline fertility

Answer 5

employment for women/expectations
world wide fertility 5 births per women 1950, 2.3 in 2021

Question 6

implications on aging pop
-burden public services and dependency ratio

Answer 6

dr=balacne between working pop(contribute to tax) and those that depend on welfare state (pensioners)
-gov concern dependent elderly soon outnumber tax paying workers.
-griffins report= cost of elders care going to escalate in future due to baby boom retiering =unstable pension/health care costs. retirement inc 66 soon to be 70

Question 7

implications on aging pop
inc in 1 person household
+chambers

Answer 7

elderly people living alone inc overtime once partner dead- mostly wome(chambers) feminisation of later life

Question 8

implications on aging pop
inc in beanpole and extended family
brannen

Answer 8

decline in birth rate and rise in life expectancy lead to bean pole family

Question 9

mplications on aging pop
inc in beanpole and extended family
rosetal

Answer 9

relationship between grandparents and grandchild more sig due to playing role in economic matinence of family/primary scoialsion of children

Question 10

positive aging
-blakie

Answer 10

growing number of empty nesters and more affluent retires brought change in how elderly viewed - created ‘third age’ elderly seen as boosting the economy rather than depend problem (leisure)
have disposable income than prev gen

Question 11

positive aging
centrality of media

Answer 11

positive aspects of elderly life- anti aging products enable old to write different identities for themselves

Question 12

aging pop and theory
-structual sociologist

Answer 12

old age as life stage which many argue has become stigmatised with association of dependency and are being burden.

Question 13

aging pop and theory
post modenrist

Answer 13

people are always free to choose identities throughout own life style- age no longer determines how we live

Question 14

inequality for old age
-class(pilcher)

Answer 14

MIDDLE CLASS HAVE BETTER OCCUPATIONAL PENSIONS. POORER HAVE LOWER LFIE EXPECTANCY- ADVERSE HEALTH outcomes - work longer

Question 15

inequality for old age
-gender (pilcher)

Answer 15

women face life long discriminations, have lower earnings, =lower pension= hard to maintain adequate standard of living

Question 16

inequality for old age
-ethnicity

Answer 16

lang communaication barrier ina ttempting to access health services. -black/asian/minority ethnic groups 50-70 more likely to be poor