B: AGE Flashcards
(58 cards)
16 year old’s minimum wage is…
£4 per hour
Give two ways young people are discriminated in employment
- Seen as cheap labour
- Restrictions on where they can work
- More likely to be on minimum wage
- 14/15 year olds can’t work more than 12hrs during a school week
Dowd (1989)
‘Strangers in their own land’
Who spoke about the ‘digital divide’ ?
Dowd (1989)
Percentage of discrimination cases filed about age in 2006
38%
Percentage of 65-74 year olds in insecure work
20%
More people are working past retirement…
…because they can’t afford not to
What proportion of homes with a category 1 hazard are occupied by someone 65+?
1/3
Percentage of BAME vs white renting late in life?
BAME- 29%
White- 17%
How many routine occupations say that age prevents them from doing things?
1 in 5
Grundy and Holt (2001)
‘burden of ill health’
Percentage of people 65+ with at least 2 chronic health conditions?
Over 50%
Percentage of pensioners living in poverty
16%
Fuel poverty…
10% of money spent on the fuel bill- have to choose between heating and food
Study by the CV Library (2017)
70% of UK workers agree that age discrimination is common
English Longitudinal Study of Ageing…
1,973 of their 7,500 respondents said that they had been affected by age discrimination
How many people over 50 feel as though they have been treated unfairly because of their age?
1 in 4
Itzin (1990)
FEM
Pressure on women to fight the signs of ageing
Men’s status is based on employment, women’s is based on her reproductive cycle
Arber and Gin (1991)
FEM
Age affects a woman’s status and power
Daly (1979)
FEM
Similar to global practises like genital mutilation
Parsons (1979)
FUNC
Roles need to be maintained to ensure social stability. Bridge analogy
Cummings and Henry (1961)
FUNC
Disengagement theory
Disengagement theory
A person’s abilities are likely to deteriorate as they age
Eisenstadt
FUNC
Different groups learn different roles
