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Leisure activities and retirement
— do structures of inequality change in old age? | | Author(s) | Simone Scherger, James Nazroo, Paul Higgs |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 31, part 1, January 2011 |
| Pages | pp 146-172 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Retirement ; Retired persons ; Recreation ; Social structure [elderly] ; Economic status [elderly] ; Poor elderly. |
| Annotation | This study highlighted the relationship between old age, retirement and social inequalities, as represented by participation in leisure activities. It considered whether old age, and particularly the transition into retirement, have an effect on participation in three selected activities, namely: having a hobby, being a member of a club, and an index of participation in cultural events. It also looked at whether the social inequalities underlying these activities change with older age and retirement. The empirical investigation used data from the first two waves of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). Findings suggested that different socio-economic backgrounds of different age groups explained a considerable part of the observed age differences in these activities. Respondents tended to continue their activities regardless of changes in work and age, with two exceptions: (a) retirement was positively related to having a hobby; and (b) those who stopped working because of an illness experienced a significant decline in all three of the examined categories of activity. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110301005 A |
| Classmark | BG: G3: BB6: H: F:TM: F:W: F:W6 |
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