sociology of aging


Journal 1 Talk like a demographer: Watch the Population Reference Bureau videos Watch the Population Reference Bureau video: “Distilled Demographics: Deciphering Population Pyramids”Decipering Population PyramidsLinks to an external site.  and Distilled Demographics: Where Do Population Data Come From? Where do Population Data Come FromLinks to an external site.

Describe population pyramids to discuss the demography of aging to a non-student of demography.

Next, plain the demographic divide as the dichotomy between the needs of young and old

The text presents developmental research methods: disentangling chronological age, historical period, and generational cohort. Describe each method.

Finally, go to Box 1.1, take the age stereotypes survey sample, which has been replicated more than 40 years. How did you do on each A-E.