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Knowledge of and attitudes toward aging among non-elders
— gender and race differences | | Author(s) | Sherry M Cummings, Nancy P Kropf, Kevin L DeWeaver |
| Journal title | Journal of Women & Aging, vol 12, nos 1/2, 2000 |
| Pages | pp 77-92 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Attitude ; Ethnic groups ; Older men ; Older women ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Data from the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Images of Aging study is used to examine the relationship between knowledge of and anxieties regarding personal ageing of 884 subjects aged 18-55 years and their gender and race. It as hypothesised that younger women and persons of colour - who will experience multiple jeopardy in their own late life - would report greater anxiety about their own ageing process than did men and majority population group members. Women reported lower income and education levels, less knowledge of ageing, greater anxiety related to their own ageing process, and more time involved in caregiving activities. People of colour also differed from Caucasians in certain dimensions of knowledge and anxiety. Implications from these results include the creation of public educational strategies, and the organisation of women and minorities in regard to the development and shape of age-related policies. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001016239 A |
| Classmark | BG: TOB: DP: TK: BC: BD: 3F: 7T |
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