A holocultural analysis of old age

Comparative Social Research • Vol/Iss. 3 • Published In • Pages: 311-332 •
By Glascock, Anthony P., Feinman, Susan L.

Hypothesis

"The majority of societies in the ethnographic record have explicit ways of defining the category 'old age'" (315).

Note

60 percent of societies had an explicit definition of old age.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Comparison of percentagesSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Definition Of Old AgeUNKNOWNSenescence, Status And Treatment Of The Aged