ArticleSociology compass2017
What is new with old? What old age teaches us about inequality and stratification.
Article in Sociology compass, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Aging, Mental Health and Ethnic Disparities: Understanding Geriatric Mental Health in Western Nepal.Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology · 2026Article
- Weathering the STORM and Forecasting Equity for Older Black Women: Expanding Social Determinants of Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- "We're Not Patients. We're Inmates": Older Black Women's Experience of Aging, Health, and Illness During and After Incarceration.The Gerontologist · 2024Article
- Factors associated with change in moderate or severe symptoms of anxiety and depression in community-living adults and older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2024Article
- Life-course income trajectories of men and women in Norway: implications for self-rated health in later life.European journal of public health · 2022Article
- Socioeconomic Inequalities in Mortality After Age 67: The Contribution of Psychological Factors.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Prevalence and characteristics of older adults with a persistent death wish without severe illness: a large cross-sectional survey.BMC geriatrics · 2020Article
- Toward Structural Competency in Emergency Medical Education.AEM education and training · 2020Article
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Abstract
Aging is remarkably unequal. Who survives to grow old in America and the circumstances they face once there reflect durable racial, socioeconomic, and gender inequalities that structure our lives from birth. Yet within the field of social stratification and mainstream sociology proper, examinations of the rapidly growing population of older Americans are often relegated to a "gerontological" periphery. This essay posits that the failure to place aging as a core concern in stratification and inequality is a missed opportunity. We argue for the importance of reintegrating studies on the stratification of aging and explain why such a move is necessary. Specifically, we posit that (a) examining the aging population is necessary for understanding American inequality because aging is an outcome that is ubiquitous yet highly stratified; (b) aging and being seen as "old" in a youth-focused society are stratifying processes in their own right; and (c) later life provides for analytical comparisons that are illustrative of how key mechanisms of inequality structure and stratify. After examining insights provided by a new wave of research on the aging U.S. population, we revisit the implications for understanding inequality and stratification in a graying and unequal America.
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