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Gee, Gilbert C. Pavalko, Eliza K. Long, J. Scott |
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Age, Cohort and Perceived Age Discrimination: Using the Life Course to Assess Self-reported Age Discrimination Social Forces 86,1 (September 2007): 265-290. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4495036 Cohort(s): Mature Women, Young Women Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Keyword(s): Age and Ageing; Discrimination, Age; Gender Differences; Life Course; Self-Reporting Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Self-reported discrimination is linked to diminished well-being, but the processes generating these reports remain poorly understood. Employing the life course perspective, this paper examines the correspondence between expected age preferences for workers and perceived age discrimination among a nationally representative sample of 7,225 working women, followed between 1972-1989. Analyses find that perceived age discrimination is high in the 20s, drops in the 30s and peaks in the 50s. This curvilinear pattern matches external reports of age preferences and is robust to a variety of controls and model specifications. Additionally, the primary driver of perceived age discrimination is age--not cohort or historical period. These findings suggest that perceived age discrimination is a useful indicator of population-level exposure to work-related age discrimination among women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Social Forces is the property of University of North Carolina Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts) Longitudinal data from the Mature and Young Women's Cohorts of the National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) are used to examine reports of discrimination between 1972 and 1988. Unlike previous cross-sectional studies of age discrimination, the NLS cohorts allow us to follow a nationally representative sample of U,S. women spanning several birth cohorts. |
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Gee, Gilbert C., Eliza K. Pavalko and J. Scott Long. "Age, Cohort and Perceived Age Discrimination: Using the Life Course to Assess Self-reported Age Discrimination." Social Forces 86,1 (September 2007): 265-290.
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Long, J. Scott Pavalko, Eliza K. |
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Life Course of Activity Limitations: Exploring Indicators of Functional Limitations over Time Journal of Aging and Health 16,4 (August 2004): 490-517. Also: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=13866432&db=aph Cohort(s): Mature Women, Young Women Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Age and Ageing; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Leisure; Scale Construction; Social Influences Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Objective: To strengthen the foundations for the use of survey-based measures of functional limitations and to explore associations between limitations in a variety of activities across the adult life course. Method: Five panels of data from the young and mature women's cohorts of the National Longitudinal Surveys are used to (a) examine patterns of limitations in activities as women age, (b) compare how limitations develop over the life course, (c) explore how limitations in one activity are associated with limitations in others, and (d) investigate whether limitations develop incrementally or occur in clusters. Results: We find that scales of functional limitations are not dependent on the age of the respondent, activity limitations emerge in clusters, and relationships between items do not consistently fall into upper and lower body groups. Discussion: Scales of functional limitations are equally applicable to younger and older women, but further research is needed to compare substantive results using different methods of scale construction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Long, J. Scott and Eliza K. Pavalko. "Life Course of Activity Limitations: Exploring Indicators of Functional Limitations over Time." Journal of Aging and Health 16,4 (August 2004): 490-517.
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Pavalko, Eliza K. Gong, Fang Long, J. Scott |
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Women's Work, Cohort Change, and Health Journal of Health and Social Behavior 48, 4 (December 2007): 352-368. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27638721 Cohort(s): Mature Women, Young Women Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Employment; Gender Attitudes/Roles; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Labor Force Participation; Modeling, Logit; Women Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Rapid changes in women's labor force participation, access to good jobs, and changing work-family pressures have altered the landscape of work and family life. We use logit negative binomial hurdle models to examine whether these countervailing trends have affected the physical health of women across four birth cohorts. Longitudinal data are used to compare successive cohorts of U.S. women when they are between the ages 44 and 50. While the health of women overall did not change across cohorts, we find an increase in health problems among employed women, explained by increases in the ability of women with physical limitations to become and remain employed. Health problems among housewives decline across cohorts, resulting in better health among housewives than among employed women in the most recent cohort. These findings provide further evidence of the importance of selection processes in understanding health effects of roles, and they highlight the need for greater attention to the health effects of unpaid work. |
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Bibliography Citation
Pavalko, Eliza K., Fang Gong and J. Scott Long. "Women's Work, Cohort Change, and Health." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 48, 4 (December 2007): 352-368.
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