Status Of The Elderly

Associated Documents (3)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Lee, Gary R.Family structure and the status of the elderly: a preliminary empirical study
Lee, Gary R.Status of the elderly: economic and familial antecedents
Balkwell, CarolynSubsistence economy, family structure and the status of the elderly

Associated Hypotheses (6)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Lee, Gary R.The status of the elderly will be positively associated with familial structural complexity (432).
Lee, Gary R.The status of the elderly will be positively associated with unlineal descent, with a patrilineal system predicting high elderly male status and a matrilineal system predicting high elderly female status (432).
Lee, Gary R.The status of the elderly will be positively associated with unilocal residence, with a patrilocal system predicting high elderly male status and a matrilocal system predicting high elderly female status (432).
Lee, Gary R.Higher status of the elderly will be associated with agricultural rather than exploitative economies, extended rather than nuclear family organization, inheritance of real property, and patrilocal rather than other residence patterns (270).
Balkwell, CarolynExtended family will be positively associated with high status of the elderly (425)
Balkwell, CarolynSubsistence economy, transfer of wealth at marriage and type of family will predict status of the elderly (427)

Associated OCMs

  1. status and treatment of the aged