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Perception of ageing and the third age (comparative analysis)

Perception of ageing and the third age (comparative analysis). Vladimir Kozlov LCSS-HSE, August 2011. Theoretical background. Developmental psychology and theory of the social development E. Erikson (1959) E. Erikson & J. Erikson (1986, 1987)

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Perception of ageing and the third age (comparative analysis)

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  1. Perception of ageing and the third age (comparative analysis) Vladimir Kozlov LCSS-HSE, August 2011

  2. Theoretical background Developmental psychology and theory of the social development E. Erikson (1959) E. Erikson & J. Erikson (1986, 1987) Analysis of the personal attitudes towards age and ageing Bennett (1973), Rosencranz (1969)

  3. Research question What are the main determinants of the personal attitude towards seniors and the old age?

  4. Dependent variables • Perceived age in the society: • AGE PEOPLE STOP BEING DESCRIBED AS YOUNG • AGE PEOPLE START BEING DESCRIBED AS OLD • Aggregate index of the personal attitudes towards seniors (objective characteristic, persons older than 70) in society

  5. Hypotheses • Personal attitude to age. If a person feels younger, than his/her real age, the youth should finish and the old should age should start later. However the attitude to the seniors in this case cannot be previously easily predicted.

  6. Hypotheses • Personal positive/negative experience of the relationships with old persons (friends, relatives, colleagues) The attitudes should depend on the character of experience. The subjective age should increase if the experience positive (old people are just not perceived as old).

  7. Hypotheses • Personal high tolerance (incl. tolerance to the seniors) The attitude towards seniors among tolerant persons should be more positive. However the tolerant person should take no care to the age when youth finishes and old age starts.

  8. Hypothesis • Active lifestyle People who are socially active s.p. are not afraid of ageing and pension, because they will feel useful for the society anyway. So they should have positive attitude to ageing. The average subjective age of old should be higher

  9. Hypotheses • Helplessness feeling and high risk (either potential or excising) If the ageing is considered as a time of helplessness and an additional risk, the person who is vulnerable (by subjective or objective characteristics) has worse attitude to this time period. The influence of this characteristic on the subjective age is not so clear.

  10. Hypotheses • Belonging to a discriminated group The same conclusions as in the previous group. The ageing can be considered as additional risk.

  11. Control variables (microlevel) • Socio-demographic and family characteristics • Expectations from the pensions and health system, standards of living • Attitude to the welfare state and its benefits

  12. Data sources • European Social Survey (ESS4) – 2008 Previous Russian research works in the similar field, based on ESS3-2006 : Zakharov (2010) “When a girl becomes a woman…”. Monusova (2011) “Subjective wellbeing and age…”.

  13. Control variables (macrolevel) • Demographic • Economic • Social • Political

  14. Methods • Factor analysis and index constructing • OLS-regressions (personal level) • Multilevel analysis (personal level and country level) • Cluster analysis (country level)

  15. Perception of ageing, cross-country At what age persons stop generally being described as young At what age persons start generally being described as old

  16. Perception of ageing, cross-countryPeriod when a person is neither young, nor old

  17. Perception of ageing, cross-country,by self-reported age groups

  18. Attitude to the ageing,overall How most people view status of people over 70 Overall how negative or positive feel towards people over 70

  19. Attitude to the ageing,economic position People over 70 a burden on health service People over 70 contribution to the economy

  20. Attitude to the ageing,psychological position Most people view those over 70 with pity Most people view those over 70 with admiration

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