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| Age integration: conceptual and historical background | | Author(s) | Matilda White Riley, John W Riley |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 40, no 3, June 2000 |
| Pages | pp 266-269 |
| Keywords | Integration [elderly] ; Older people ; Young people ; Social interaction. |
| Annotation | This is the first of a series of eleven essays originally presented at sessions on age integration at both the International Sociological Association meeting in Montreal and the American Sociological Association meeting in San Francisco in 1998, and also adapted from a working paper issued by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) in May 1999. Age integration is concerned with the absence of structural age barriers and the interactions among those of different ages. The authors review three aspects of age integration as potential contributions to its understanding. First, continuing conceptual development: this concerns "ideal types", and components of age-integrated structures. Second, the relevance of past research: this has considered flexibility of the individual life course; and age heterogeneity and cross-age interactions. Thirdly, they suggest that future research will examine "flexibility" and "age heterogeneity" together. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000717218 A |
| Classmark | F:TO: B: SB: TMA |
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