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| Satisfaction in later life among women 60 or over | | Author(s) | J Conrad Glass Jr, Geraldine R Jolly |
| Journal title | Educational Gerontology, vol 23, no 4, June 1997 |
| Pages | pp 297-314 |
| Keywords | Older women ; Life satisfaction ; Life span ; White people ; Black African ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Nine women aged 66 to 87 - including 5 White, and 3 African American - participated in this interview study, to determine the factors which contribute to their later life satisfaction. Findings indicated that for these women, the following factors were most important in their later life satisfaction: education, religiosity, positive attitude, volunteerism, and family (including childhood, father, grandmother and siblings/children). Although no reference to grandmothers contributing to later life satisfaction was found in the literature review, there was some evidence in this study to suggest that a grandmother living in the home during a woman's childhood may contribute to later life satisfaction. Unlike in earlier research, good health and income were not mentioned by the women in this study. In addition, work life and leisure were not seen as important life span factors contributing to late life satisfaction. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971030231 A |
| Classmark | BD: F:5HH: BG6: TKA: TKF: 3F: 7T |
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