| |
| |
| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
Familial roles and social transformations
— older men and women in sub-Saharan Africa | | Author(s) | Christine Oppong |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 28, no 6, November 2006 |
| Pages | pp 654-668 |
| Keywords | Older men ; Older women ; Social roles ; The Family ; Integration ; Demography ; Africa. |
| Annotation | Focusing on older people in sub-Saharan Africa, the author illustrates the need for comparative analysis of how culture, sociopolitical systems, and sweeping social change shapes lives, interconnections, opportunities and constraints among older people. In such work, gender contrasts are critical. Because of their position in reproduction and marital patterns, women in sub-Saharan Africa have tended to use lineal strategies, focused on children and grandchildren, in contrast to the more lateral, partner-oriented strategies followed by men. Migration into urban areas and the AIDS pandemic have left many older women in charge of grandchildren in rural areas with inadequate resources and infrastructure. Shaped by traditional values, norms and roles in their early lives, they currently find many expectations unmet. Indeed, some of the traditional norms that ensured respect, support, reciprocity and embeddedness may leave many older people - especially women - isolated, weakened, and victims of illness and violence. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070115213 A |
| Classmark | BC: BD: TM5: SJ: TO: S8: 7J |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|
|