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| Perceptions of the adult life course : a cross cultural analysis | | Author(s) | Charlotte Ikels, Jennie Keith, Jeanette Dickerson-Putman |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 12, part 1, March 1992 |
| Pages | pp 49-84 |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Life span ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Attitude ; Hong Kong ; United States of America ; Ireland. |
| Annotation | A team of seven anthropologists conducted a crosscultural investigation which examines how the life course is perceived and what old age and ageing mean in a range of societies: Hong Kong, United States, Ireland and Botswana. Both across and within sites people differed in their willingness and ability to discuss the concept of the life course, which was attributed to five factors: 1) characteristics of the social field; 2) education; 3) cultural salience of age categorisation; 4) predictability of life events; and, 5) variability in timing of normative social or work roles. (KJ). |
| Accession Number | CPA-940901203 A |
| Classmark | BG: BG6: F: DP: 7DR: 7T: 763 |
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