
Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences
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Key Features
- Includes aging topics at both the micro- and macro-level
- Addresses the intersection of individual and aggregate factors
- Covers a spectrum of disciplines, including demography, economics, epidemiology, gerontology, political science, psychology, social work, sociology and statistics
- Brings together the work of almost fifty leading scholars to provide a deeper understanding of aging
Readership
Clinicians, researchers, and students in gerontology, developmental psychology, psychiatry, sociology, biology, and other related health care professions tasked with caring for the aging population
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Section I: Scientific Approaches and Methods
Chapter 1. Frontiers of Social Science Research on Aging
Kenneth F. Ferraro
Chapter 2. Ethnographic Methods for Research on Aging: Making Use of a Fundamental Toolkit for Understanding Everyday Life
Corey M. Abramson
Chapter 3. Measuring Life Course Events and Life Histories
Jacqui Smith, Mengyao Hu and Haena Lee
Chapter 4. Genomic Data Measures and Methods: A Primer for Social Scientists
Erin B. Ware and Jessica D. Faul
Section II: Structural Constraints and Adaptation
Chapter 5. Growing Old in Low- and Middle-Income Countries in Asia
Jinkook Lee, Urvashi Jain, Dipti Govil, T. V. Sekher and Alyssa Lubet
Chapter 6. Educational Attainment and Adult Health
Jennifer Karas Montez and Jennifer D. Brooks
Chapter 7. Social Exclusion and Social Isolation in Later Life
Martijn Huisman and Theo G. Van Tilburg
Chapter 8. The Role of the Built Environment for Healthy Aging: Barriers and Enablers
Philippa Clarke and Erica Twardzik
Chapter 9. Early Origins of Racial Health Disparities: Human Capital Policy is Health Policy
Rucker C. Johnson
Chapter 10. Sexuality in Later Life
Linda J. Waite and James Iveniuk
Chapter 11. The Interplay of Age, Period, and Cohort Effects on Obesity and Metabolic Diseases in Later Life
Jessica A. Kelley and Roland J. Thorpe Jr.
Section III: Social Institutions
Chapter 12. The Role of the Military in Women's Lives
Janet M. Wilmoth and Andrew S. London
Chapter 13. Intergenerational Transfers of Time and Money over the Life Course
Emily E. Wiemers and Sung S. Park
Chapter 14. Family Caregiving
Sara Honn Qualls
Chapter 15. Bereavement in Later Life
Deborah Carr and Heather Mooney
Chapter 16. Religion and Aging in the Global Context of Secularization: Patterns, Processes, Consequences
Ellen Idler
Chapter 17. The Changing World of Work and Retirement
Kene Henkens and Hanna Van Solinge
Chapter 18. Aging and Politics: Age Differences in Political Behavior in Comparative Perspective
Kaat Smets
Section IV: Aging and Social Intervention
Chapter 19. Volunteering and Health in Later Life
Jeffrey A. Burr, Jan E. Mutchler and Sae Hwang Han
Chapter 20. Housing Older Americans: The Challenges of Accessibility, Affordability, and Quality
Judith G. Gonyea
Chapter 21. Innovations for Aging in Place
Sarah E. LaFave, Sarah L. Szanton and Laura N. Gitlin
Chapter 22. Trends in Aging and Long-Term Care
Molly M. Perkins
Chapter 23. Technologies and Aging: Understanding Use, Impacts, and Future Needs
Shelia R. Cotten
Chapter 24. End-of-Life Medical Expenses
Eric French, John Bailey Jones, Elaine Kelly and Jeremy McCauley
Product details
- No. of pages: 460
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2021
- Published: January 9, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780128162859
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128159705
About the Editors
Kenneth Ferraro
Affiliations and Expertise
Deborah Carr
Affiliations and Expertise
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