ISBN:
0826179606
Language:
English
Pages:
XXXVII, 228 S.
,
graph. Darst.
DDC:
305.4
Keywords:
Frau
;
Politik
;
Wirtschaft
;
Aged
;
Older women Government policy
;
Older women Economic conditions
;
Older women Social conditions
;
Poverty
;
Public Policy
;
Socioeconomic Factors
;
Women
;
Frau
;
Armut
;
Alter
;
USA
;
USA
;
USA
;
Alter
;
Frau
;
Armut
Abstract:
All women, regardless of race, face a greater risk of poverty in their later years than elderly men, chiefly as a result of social biases and the failure of public policy. In this volume, the author presents her findings from an extensive study of low-income older women from around the country and features the detailed life stories of seven selected women
Abstract:
In examining central aspects of the respondents' private lives, the author describes the impact of poverty on self-concept, daily coping strategies, marriage, and caregiving
Abstract:
This text offers recommendations for policy changes that are desperately needed to prevent and to ameliorate poverty among older women and examines the role of older women in social reform. Academics, students, policymakers, researchers, and professionals in sociology and social gerontology will find this volume a valuable resource
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