Social Structures, Social Inequality, and the Life Course Flashcards
Socially structured relations among individuals that affect the lives of people as they age.
Age structures
Age structures are
Relations between people that are embedded in social structures and affect people’s lives of people as they age
_______ 65+ are more likely to live in low income
Women
What is age stratification?
Affects how people have access to resources, and what positions they are expected to be in based on age, as well as gender, race, background, etc.
What is age grading?
Defining what people should be doing and the norms they should uphold based on their chronological age
What are the differences between age-segregated structures versus age-integrated structures?
Age-segregated structures separate transitions in life, and ways to live life as age-defined.
Age-integrated structures assumes people can be in many different positions in life regardless of age
Explain structural lag
Our lives and structures have never fit together
Individual and cohort needs change faster than our structures are able to accommodate
what are two ways social change occurs?
Cohort flow
Cohort replacement
What is Cohort Flow/Cohort replacement?
Process by which cohorts succeed one another over time
What are lineage gaps?
Generational differences existing at the family level
What are societal gaps?
Generational differences existing at the societal level
Generational differences existing at the societal level
Societal gaps
Generational differences existing at the family level
lineage gaps
