scholarly journals The Role of Coresidency with Adult Children in the Labor Force Participation Decisions of Older Men and Women in China

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Connelly ◽  
Margaret Maurer-Fazio ◽  
Dandan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Participation Decisions ◽  
Older Men And Women

The portrayal of elderly men and women in Hungarian television news programmes

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Gábor Kovács ◽  
Petra Aczél ◽  
Tamás Bokor
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Television News ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Comparison Theory ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Qualitative Variables ◽  
Older Men And Women

Abstract Mass media research on the portrayal of older people has primarily focused on television series and advertisements. News programmes on television have received little attention. We argue that viewers perceive characters on the news as more direct and more accurate representations of social reality than fictional characters, and therefore portrayals on the news are more likely to be integrated in viewers’ stereotypes about elderly people or used as standards of comparison. In order to explore potential differences in the representation of senior men and women, we conducted a quantitative content analysis on a sample of 754 elderly people who appeared on the evening news programmes of four major Hungarian television channels with high viewership. Each character was coded in terms of 115 qualitative variables. Our results indicate that older men are portrayed significantly more often than women as affluent, elegant, knowledgeable, powerful and actively working. By contrast, women are more commonly shown as kind, family-oriented, in ordinary roles (e.g. as the ‘woman in the street’) and engaged in less-productive activities such as shopping. Based on previous research on the role of mass media in the socialisation process as well as social comparison theory, we discuss how these imbalances in the representation of older men and women may affect viewers of different age groups, genders and social status.

scholarly journals Longitudinal changes in body composition in older men and women: role of body weight change and physical activity

2002 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 473-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia A Hughes ◽  
Walter R Frontera ◽  
Ronenn Roubenoff ◽  
William J Evans ◽  
Maria A Fiatarone Singh
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Body Composition ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Change ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Body Weight Change ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Longitudinal Changes ◽  
Older Men And Women

scholarly journals P2-198: The role of lifestyle factors on cognitive decline among older men and women

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (4S_Part_9) ◽  
pp. P326-P326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvie Belleville ◽  
Carol Greenwood ◽  
Marie-Jeanne Kergoat ◽  
Danielle Laurin ◽  
Jose Morais ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Lifestyle Factors ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Older Men And Women

scholarly journals Trends in Labor Force Transitions of Older Men and Women

1994 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franco Peracchi ◽  
Finis Welch
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Older Men And Women

scholarly journals The role of sex and sex-related hormones in cognition, mood and well-being in older men and women

2014 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 158-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Costa Castanho ◽  
Pedro Silva Moreira ◽  
Carlos Portugal-Nunes ◽  
Ashley Novais ◽  
Patrício Soares Costa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Older Men And Women

The Trend in the Rate of Labor Force Participation of Older Men, 1870–1930: A Reply to Moen

1989 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 170-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger L. Ransom ◽  
Richard Sutch
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Older Men ◽  
The United States ◽  
World War ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Gainful Employment ◽  
Labor Force Status ◽  
Older Men And Women

In the 1986 volume of this JOURNAL we discussed the frequency of retirement and downward occupational mobility (on-the-job retirement) of older men in the United States at the end of the nineteenth century.1 As we noted, study of retirement in the years before World War II is hampered by the lack of data on the labor force status of individuals. Indeed, until the concept of “gainful employment” was replaced by that of the “labor force” in 1940, the official census figures on occupations contained a large proportion of older men and women who by today's standard would be regarded as retired2.

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