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Changing cultural and social environments — implications for older East Asian women
Author(s)	Lee Ann Mjelde-Mossey, Emily Walz
Journal title	Journal of Women & Aging, vol 18, no 1, 2006
Pages	pp 5-20
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Older women ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Social roles ; Social change ; Far East.
Annotation	The world is ageing and the trend is towards a global feminisation of ageing. In the Asia Pacific region, which already contains approximately 50% of the world's population over age 60, the number of older women exceeds that of older men in most countries. This article explores the changes that are occurring in East Asian social and cultural traditions for ageing, and the implications of those changes for women in that culture. However, various factors, such as migration to urban areas and demographic shifts, have precipitated alterations to traditional culture. These cultural shifts are relevant to the United States where, according to the 2000 US Census, 71% of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans over the age of 65 are foreign-born. Immigration can prompt an immediate cultural shift and create a fast forward insight into the slower cultural evolution currently occurring in East Asian societies. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-060914206 A
Classmark	BD: F: TM5: TMH: 7D
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