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Barusch, Amanda | Social security is not for babies: trends and policies affecting older women in the United States | In the first year of the new century, over a million American women officially entered the ranks of "the elderly" by reaching their 65th birthday (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1999). What can they expect of government policy? To what extent will the nation's economic support systems respond to their n... | Income security; Shifting fertility patterns; Labor force participation | 2001-01-01 |
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Barusch, Amanda | Self-concepts of low-income older women: not old or poor, but fortunate and blessed | This article examines the extent to which low-income older women define themselves in stigmatizing terms, then explores the strategies they use to preserve a positive sense of self. Instead of considering themselves "old" or "poor," the sixty-two women interviewed defined themselves as "fortunate" a... | Low-income older women; Stigmatizing terms; Positive thinking | 1997 |
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Barusch, Amanda | Intergenerational relations in contemporary China: descriptive findings from Shanghai | With over one billion people, China accounts for nearly a quarter of the world's population. It also has the largest population of elderly (60 and over) living under one government (approximately 80 million). These elderly make up approximately 8 percent of China's population (Banister, 1984). In th... | 1991 | |
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Barusch, Amanda | Family relationships | With increased longevity, family relationships have become both more complex and more enduring. At the end of the twentieth century, four-generation and even five-generation families were not uncommon, and with longer life comes longer lifelong relationships, such as marriage. Advanced age presents ... | 2000-01-01 | |
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Yaffe, Joanne | Behaviorism, social learning, and exchange theory | Behaviorism focuses on learning and the way in which behavior is shaped by its antecedent conditions and consequences. In rejecting mentalistic constructs such as mind, consciousness, and other internal processes, behaviorism stresses the importance of studying observable behavior rather than pheno... | 2006 |
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