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When begin the real old age?: transition into a fourth age in an active ageing society

PETROVÁ KAFKOVÁ, Marcela

Basic information

Original name

When begin the real old age?: transition into a fourth age in an active ageing society

Authors

PETROVÁ KAFKOVÁ, Marcela (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

6th Demographic Conference of "Young Demographers" Actual Demographic Research of Young Demographers (not only) in Europe, 12th-13th February 2015, Prague, 2015

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

50000 5. Social Sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/15:00080671

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Keywords in English

ageing; population ageing; old-old; fourth age; the Czech Republic

Abstract

V originále

The question is when the fourth age, understood as “real” old age, begin? In the other words, when a person lost enough of his/her autonomy, agency to be labeled as fourth ager? In my presentation I will discussed these various definitions and perception of fourth age and will demonstrate the importance of this topic for understanding of contemporary demographic changes. I will follow the occurrence of various health limitations in the context of chronological age, and people’s perceptions of themselves in the context of the onset of these health limitations. Using secondary analysis of data from SHARE 2010 (Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe). I focus on possible variance in relation to gender, and degree of social, economic, and cultural capital; that is, whether the “third” to “fourth” age transition varies depending on these characteristics.

Links

GA15-03156S, research and development project
Name: Čtvrtý věk: identita disability v době aktivního stárnutí
Investor: Czech Science Foundation