Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- 1 Ageism and age discrimination
- 2 Multiple discrimination
- 3 Older women, work and the impact of discrimination
- 4 Still disadvantaged? Women in modern pension systems
- 5 Ageing and social class: towards a dynamic approach to class inequalities in old age
- 6 Age, sexual orientation and gender identity
- 7 Age and ethnicity
- 8 Disability and age discrimination
- 9 New approaches for understanding inequalities in service use among older people
- Index
- References
4 - Still disadvantaged? Women in modern pension systems
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- 1 Ageism and age discrimination
- 2 Multiple discrimination
- 3 Older women, work and the impact of discrimination
- 4 Still disadvantaged? Women in modern pension systems
- 5 Ageing and social class: towards a dynamic approach to class inequalities in old age
- 6 Age, sexual orientation and gender identity
- 7 Age and ethnicity
- 8 Disability and age discrimination
- 9 New approaches for understanding inequalities in service use among older people
- Index
- References
Summary
Introduction
Ageism or age discrimination has gained greater policy significance since the 1980s, as a result of changing regulations in the area of work, retirement and pension entitlement, but also as a result of changing expectations of the structure of the life course and old age in particular. Such changes have, in turn, come about largely owing to demographic changes at the individual level, such as the steady increase in life expectancy for both men and women, and at the population level, such as the steady increase in the proportion of the population aged 65 and over. For example, between 1984 and 2009, the proportion of the British population aged 65 and over increased from 15 to 16%, an increase which was equivalent to 1.7 million more people. By 2034, the Office for National Statistics has projected that 23% of the population will be aged 65 and over (Office for National Statistics Online 2010).
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- Age Discrimination and DiversityMultiple Discrimination from an Age Perspective, pp. 65 - 88Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011
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