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Young children's perception of the elderly
— a comparison of data from the United States and southeastern Nigeria | | Author(s) | Uzoma O Okoye |
| Journal title | Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, vol 3, no 3, 2005 |
| Pages | pp 7-24 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Children ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Comparison ; Nigeria ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Young children's perceptions of older people were examined using the Child-Adolescent Facts of Aging Quiz, in order to assess what relationships exist between perception and contact with older people, gender and age. Comparisons were also made between the findings in this Nigerian study and a previous one in the US. 120 respondents comprising 50 males and 70 females from two primary schools in Nsukka, Enugu State answered the questionnaire. The mean age of respondents was 10.6 years, and about 63% had at least one living grandparent. The results revealed that the mean percentage error was 47%. Item 6 - "most older workers do not work as well as younger workers" - had the biggest error rate of 83%, while Item 4 - "old people are not as strong as younger people" - had the lowest error rate of 16%. All the three variables were found not to have any influence on the respondent's perception of older people. Some similarities and differences in perception of older people were found in the Nigerian and American samples. Implications of these findings are discussed and further areas of research are suggested. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-061024001 A |
| Classmark | SBC: TOB: 48: 7MT: 7T |
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