scholarly journals Experiences of Age and Gender: Narratives of Progress and Decline

2009 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Nolan ◽  
Jacqueline Scott
Keyword(s):  
Historical Development ◽  
Double Standard ◽  
Chronological Age ◽  
British Household Panel Survey ◽  
Panel Survey ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Cultural Narrative ◽  
Aging Body ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Using Data

This article examines experiences of chronological age. Using data from the British Household Panel Survey, we analyze both qualitatively and quantitatively verbatim responses from 8177 respondents aged 16 and over concerning the (dis)advantages of their age. Two main questions are tested: 1) Is the cultural narrative of age decline supported by the experiences of our respondents? 2) Are age experiences differentiated by gender? We find people's age experiences are multidimensional and multidirectional, incorporating narratives of progress and decline. Our data show marked gender differences in age experiences, but give little support to claims of a double standard concerning the aging body. More generally, we find that people contrast current experiences with their younger and older selves. We argue that future conceptual developments need to take seriously both a synchronic and diachronic understanding of age, highlighting not just the present but also the distinctive historical development of individuals across time.

Subjective Time Experience in an Intergenerational Sample

1981 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela E. Cooper ◽  
L. Eugene Thomas ◽  
Scott J. Stevens ◽  
David Suscovich
Keyword(s):  
Age Differences ◽  
Chronological Age ◽  
Subjective Time ◽  
Subjective Age ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Adult Men ◽  
Time Experience ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Gender

The roles chronological age and gender play in subjective time experience were explored in a sample of 294 adult men and women. Subjective time experience (STE: the difference between subjective age and chronological age) was found to vary widely among individuals, with some being “accurate” (SA = CA), and others either “retarded” (SA < CA) or “advanced” (SA > CA). Males were more retarded in STE than females at every point in the lifespan, and patterns of age differences in adulthood differed for the two sexes as well. The results suggest that chronological age may play a key role in transitions in STE, and that chronological age is more significant in the STE of women than in the STE of men.

scholarly journals The Effects of Teleworking on Housework Division and Well-Being of Couples

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleftherios Giovanis
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Well Being ◽  
British Household Panel Survey ◽  
Panel Survey ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Household Chores ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Demands ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship

This study examines the relationship between teleworking, gender roles and happiness of couples using data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and the Understanding Society Survey (USS) during the period 1991-2012. Various approaches are followed, including Probit-adapted fixed effects, multinomial Logit and Instrumental variables (IV). The results support that both men and women who are teleworkers spend more time on housework, while teleworking increases the probability that the household chores examined in this study, such as cooking, cleaning ironing and childcare, will be shared relatively to those who are non-teleworkers. In addition, women are happier when they or their spouse is teleworker, as well as, both men and women are happier when they state that the specific household chores are shared. Thus, women teleworkers may be happier because they can face the family demands and share the household chores with their spouse, increasing their fairness belief about the household division allocation and improving their well-being, expressed by happiness.

scholarly journals Association between psychosomatic health symptoms and common mental illness in Ghanaian adolescents: Age and gender as potential moderators

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (11) ◽  
pp. 1376-1386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franklin N Glozah ◽  
David J Pevalin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Psychosomatic Symptoms ◽  
School Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Using Data

Little is known about the role of age and gender in the association between psychosomatic symptoms and common mental illness in Ghanaian adolescents. This cross-sectional study examined age and gender as moderators between psychosomatic symptoms and common mental illness using data from a school-based survey ( N = 770). Males reported higher psychosomatic symptoms and common mental illness, while younger adolescents reported higher common mental illness only. Psychosomatic symptoms were positively associated with common mental illness, but age and gender did not moderate this association. Interventions aimed at reducing the prevalence rate in psychosomatic symptoms are crucial in decreasing common mental illness in Ghanaian adolescents.

Coping and Coping Effectiveness in Relation to a Competitive Sport Event: Pubertal Status, Chronological Age, and Gender among Adolescent Athletes

2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Nicholls ◽  
Remco Polman ◽  
David Morley ◽  
Natalie J. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Chronological Age ◽  
Adolescent Athletes ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Pubertal Status ◽  
Coping Effectiveness ◽  
Response To Stress ◽  
And Gender ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The Relationship

An aim of this paper was to discover whether athletes of different pubertal status, chronological age, and gender reported distinct coping strategies in response to stress during a competitive event in their sport. A secondary aim was to examine pubertal status group, chronological age, and gender differences in coping effectiveness. Participants were adolescent athletes (n = 527), classified as beginning-pubertal (n = 59), midpubertal (n = 189), advanced-pubertal (n = 237), and postpubertal (n = 22). Findings revealed that there were small, but significant differences in how athletes of different pubertal status and chronological age coped. There were also significant differences between how athletes of different pubertal status perceived the effectiveness of their coping strategies. Interestingly, our results suggested that the relationship between pubertal status and coping and coping effectiveness is different from the relationship between chronological age and coping and coping effectiveness.

scholarly journals ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN IN RELATION TO CHRONOLOGICAL AGE AND GENDER

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-72
Author(s):  
Dzenana Radzo Alibegovic ◽  
◽  
Sevala Tulumovic ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Chronological Age ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Blind And Visually Impaired ◽  
Orientation And Mobility ◽  
Visually Impaired Students ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Visually Impaired Children

The aim of this study was to examine the orientation and mobility in children with visual impairment in relation to gender and chronological age. The study included a sample of 35 respondents with visual impairment, aged between 7 and 15. The research was conducted in Sarajevo at the “Centre for Blind and Visually Impaired Children and Youth - Nedžarići” (Bosnian: Centar za slijepu i slabovidnu djecu i omladinu Nedžarići). The results of the research showed that there were statistically significant differences in relation to chronological age obtained on the variables “orientation indoors and in buildings” and “orientation in the yard”, and that there is a relation between orientation and mobility and chronological age on the variables “orientation indoors and in buildings” and “orientation in the yard”. Gender has no significant effect on the orientation and mobility abilities of visually impaired students.

scholarly journals Influence of age and gender specifics of social network users in Russia on marketing and advertising methods

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 21-28
Author(s):  
L. G. Akhmaeva
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
User Profile ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
External Resources ◽  
New Information ◽  
The World ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Using Data

A brief overview of the history of the Internet and social networks in the world and in Russia in particular has been provided. The concepts of social network, user profile and properties inherent in any social network – virtuality, interactivity and multimedia have been сharacterized and revealed. Dynamic data on the state of digital technologies for 2019 in the world and in Russia in particular have been analysed. The history and prospects for further development of social networks have been considered. Statistical data on the number of users of the 9 most popular social networks in Russia, namely: their activity, the amount of time spent on the Internet and in social networks, age and gender specifics and preferences of the technical devices used and types of Internet connection have been adduced. General recommendations to marketers on accurate targeting of ads placed in social networks have been given. To do this, companies should work with groups of users, that are united by a number of parameters, as well as create communities in social networks by companies that convey new information to users. Using data on the age, gender and other attributes of the target audience of social networks, marketers will be able to successfully solve the problems of increasing brand awareness and loyalty, attracting new customers, influencing the search promotion of external resources (sites and communities) containing information about the brand, products and services, and using them as effective tools for attracting potential customers.

scholarly journals Assessing and Relaxing Assumptions in Quasi-Simplex Models

2021 ◽  
pp. 155-172
Author(s):  
Alexandru Cernat ◽  
Peter Lugtig ◽  
Nicole Watson ◽  
S.C. Noah Uhrig
Keyword(s):  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Available P ◽  
British Household Panel Survey ◽  
Panel Survey ◽  
Relative Ease ◽  
Simplex Model ◽  
Estimate Reliability ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Simplex Models

The quasi-simplex model (QSM) makes use of at least three repeated measures of the same variable to estimate reliability. The model has rather strict assumptions and ignoring them may bias estimates of reliability. While some previous studies have outlined how several of its assumptions can be relaxed, they have not been exhaustive and systematic. Thus, it is unclear what all the assumptions are and how to test and free them in practice. This chapter will addresses this situation by presenting the main assumptions of the quasi-simplex model and the ways in which users can relax these with relative ease when more than three waves are available. Additionally, by using data from the British Household Panel Survey we show how this is practically done and highlight the potential biases found when ignoring the violations of the assumptions. We conclude that relaxing the assumptions should be implemented routinely when more than three waves of data are available.

Voices from the Margins: ‘Older’ Sportswomen Speak Out

2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Chronological Age ◽  
Field Hockey ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Gender Stratification ◽  
Memory Work ◽  
Counter Narratives ◽  
Hockey Players ◽  
Subordinate Group ◽  
And Gender

This study will explore the interconnected constructs of age and gender within the context of sport in New Zealand. It draws on one story written for a method known as memory-work to highlight the possibilities offered by this methodology. Memory-work is used to open a space for the voices of masters, female field hockey players who, as a group, are defined by chronological age and constructed by meanings through and by reference to age and gender. It is argued that through practice, sport has evolved in a way that makes it a special form of physical activity. Tins separation implies certain chronological age categories working hand-in-hand with gender stratification. Counter narratives are presented to illustrate how a subordinate group - in this case mid-life, masters sportswomen - contest externally derived images and alternative meanings are constructed.

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