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Age like _____ structures interacts with characteristics of the individual (race, gender, ethnicity)
social
_____ can influence our position in social structure by helping us acquire capital to change our own destiny
Agency
Inequalities exist in our ______ structures whether we like it or not
social
attributes can be
ascribed (innate), achieve (enviro) factors,
Systems of stratification
each person who is assigned a social position
Stratification systems and social structures are all interconnected and therefore
difficult to separate
Social class
- a type of structure
- socially constructed can be based on educ, job, wealth
- all interconnected
Related to the level of education: life course framework and cumulative disadvantage theory
- where previous life experiences have cascading influence influence on later life outcomes
Gender
- type of structure
- males & females differ in roles - even though they have changed over time
- differences that are distinguishable to each
Men have (better/worse) opportunities than women. Women (depend/don't depend) on spouse for
better/depend
Race and ethnicity
create similar inequalities as gender, contributing to disadvantages over the life course
- synonymous w/ discrimination and poorer health
- perpetual cycle can lead to next generation
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age
- broken down into organizational structures
age grading
- used to help determine their behaviours
- age determines person's position, relationships
age norms
- can be limiting in what they are able or want to do because they feel pressured by social expectations about their age
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older adults change the way they are viewed in society
- lack of programs and services to support older adults
- leading to structural lag where their needs are not being met
policies need to be updated or created:
health care services, education, employment options, and social support
what if new policies were updated or created?
alleviate stress on health care and allow more adults to be active and contributing members of society
when two generations have competing values
can create conflict that may lead to social change
intergenerational transfers
exchanges that create a bond between generations to hold them together
transfers can occur in the form of:
money, property, services, or donations
public transfers occur between
- state and individual family or in the form of education for youth, public pension, income supplements, or subsidies for those with lower incomes
private transfers:
families in form of caregiving and receiving, financial transfers, and housing