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Inequalities of Youth and Age: Understanding Gerontology and Creating an Age-Inclusive Society

This chapter explores the study of aging and older people, highlighting the concept of age grade and the life course. It delves into the significance of rites of passage and age cohorts, while discussing life expectancy and psychosocial risk behaviors. The chapter also addresses the impact of lifetime negative experiences and the harmful ideology of ageism. Join us in understanding these inequalities and working towards an age-inclusive society.

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Inequalities of Youth and Age: Understanding Gerontology and Creating an Age-Inclusive Society

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  1. Chapter 14 Inequalities of Youthand AgeKey Terms

  2. GerontologyThe study of aging and older people. • Age gradeA set of statuses and roles based on age.

  3. Life courseA pathway along an age-differentiated, socially created sequence of transitions. • Rite of passageA ceremony marking the transition to a new stage of a culturally defined life course.

  4. Age cohortA set of people of about the same age who are passing through the life course together. • Life expectancyThe average number of years a member of a given population can expect to live.

  5. Psychosocial risk behaviorsBehaviors that are detrimental to health, such as smoking and heavy drinking. • Lifetime negative experiencesExperiences that cause long-term stress, such as the death of a child or spouse.

  6. AgeismAn ideology that justifies prejudice and discrimination based on age.

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