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  1. Definitions of old age will cluster into a limited number of definitional categories (315).Glascock, Anthony P. - A holocultural analysis of old age, 1980 - 1 Variables

    This study provides a cross-cultural examination of the definitions of old age. Further research on these definitions and their implications is suggested.

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  2. Distribution will be equal among definitional categories of old age (316).Glascock, Anthony P. - A holocultural analysis of old age, 1980 - 1 Variables

    This study provides a cross-cultural examination of the definitions of old age. Further research on these definitions and their implications is suggested.

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  3. In societies where there is differentiation among the "old age category," there will be a presence of death-hastening behavior (53).Glascock, Anthony P. - Decrepitude and death-hastening: the nature of old age in third world societies, 1982 - 2 Variables

    This study examines the status and treatment of the elderly in non-industrial societies. Associations are found between social complexity, subsistence type, and the status and treatment of the elderly.

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  4. There will be a significant difference in the percentages of definitional categories of old age for males and females (319).Glascock, Anthony P. - A holocultural analysis of old age, 1980 - 2 Variables

    This study provides a cross-cultural examination of the definitions of old age. Further research on these definitions and their implications is suggested.

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  5. The presence of old age distinctions and death-hastening behavior will be associated with less complex societies. The presence of supportive treatment of the aged wil be associated with more complex societies (54).Glascock, Anthony P. - Decrepitude and death-hastening: the nature of old age in third world societies, 1982 - 3 Variables

    This study examines the status and treatment of the elderly in non-industrial societies. Associations are found between social complexity, subsistence type, and the status and treatment of the elderly.

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  6. The presence of old age distinctions and death-hastening behavior will be associated with periods of deprivation (55).Glascock, Anthony P. - Decrepitude and death-hastening: the nature of old age in third world societies, 1982 - 3 Variables

    This study examines the status and treatment of the elderly in non-industrial societies. Associations are found between social complexity, subsistence type, and the status and treatment of the elderly.

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  7. "The majority of societies in the ethnographic record have explicit ways of defining the category 'old age'" (315).Glascock, Anthony P. - A holocultural analysis of old age, 1980 - 1 Variables

    This study provides a cross-cultural examination of the definitions of old age. Further research on these definitions and their implications is suggested.

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  8. Differentiation among the "old age category" will be found among non-industrial societies (48).Glascock, Anthony P. - Decrepitude and death-hastening: the nature of old age in third world societies, 1982 - 1 Variables

    This study examines the status and treatment of the elderly in non-industrial societies. Associations are found between social complexity, subsistence type, and the status and treatment of the elderly.

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  9. The majority of the societies in the ethnographic record will have ways of defining the category "old age" (19).Glascock, Anthony P. - Social asset or social burden: treatment of the aged in non-industrial societies, 1981 - 1 Variables

    This article uses cross-cultural methodology to examine the classification and treatment of the aged. Results suggest that the combination of supportive/unsupportive treatment is associated with the intact/decrepit age grouping.

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  10. "If definitional categories exist, then their distribution should be equal" (21).Glascock, Anthony P. - Social asset or social burden: treatment of the aged in non-industrial societies, 1981 - 1 Variables

    This article uses cross-cultural methodology to examine the classification and treatment of the aged. Results suggest that the combination of supportive/unsupportive treatment is associated with the intact/decrepit age grouping.

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