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Men's organisational affiliations in later life
— the influence of social class and marital status on informal group membership | | Author(s) | Kim Perren, Sara Arber, Kate Davidson |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 23, part 1, January 2003 |
| Pages | pp 69-82 |
| Keywords | Older men ; Participation ; Group activities ; Voluntary work [elderly] ; Social class ; Marital status ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | Older men's involvement with informal associations has largely been neglected in the research literature on ageing. Such affiliations represent an under-valued resource which may contribute to older men's quality of life, by facilitating social interaction and providing a context for continued social productivity. The authors use the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) for 1999 to explore the engagement of men aged 65+ with civic groups (such as political parties or voluntary agencies), religious organisations, and sports and social clubs. Involvement in civic and religious groups and sports clubs is common among middle-class older men, while social club membership is common among working class men. Only a small amount of these differences can be explained by variations in health, income and access to private transport. Compared with partnered older men, widowers are more likely to be involved with sports and social clubs, while those who are divorced or never married are less likely to be a member of any informal group. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030210006 A |
| Classmark | BC: TMB: HW: GHH: T: SLM: 3F |
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