Perspectives on the integration of older men and women

TY - JOUR

T1 - Perspectives on the integration of older men and women

AU - de Jong Gierveld, J.

AU - Hagestad, G.O.

N1 - Reporting year: 2006

PY - 2006

Y1 - 2006

N2 - This introduction to the special issue “Social Integration in Later Life” addresses the background ideas and concepts of the articles encompassing research into the extent and quality of older adults’ integration in organizations, family, and personal networks. A rough conceptual framework is provided, distinguishing between types of integration and different units of analysis. The macro level of society and its social institutions as well as smaller groups and the social locations of individuals are addressed. On a macro level, integration and segregation are juxtaposed, building on classic discussions of integration, as well as recent ideas about social resources, welfare states, and rekindled considerations of age segregation. At the individual level, the concepts of integration and isolation and the subjective assessments of embeddedness and loneliness are contrasted. keywords: social integration; older adults; social isolation; segregation'; embeddedness; loneliness

AB - This introduction to the special issue “Social Integration in Later Life” addresses the background ideas and concepts of the articles encompassing research into the extent and quality of older adults’ integration in organizations, family, and personal networks. A rough conceptual framework is provided, distinguishing between types of integration and different units of analysis. The macro level of society and its social institutions as well as smaller groups and the social locations of individuals are addressed. On a macro level, integration and segregation are juxtaposed, building on classic discussions of integration, as well as recent ideas about social resources, welfare states, and rekindled considerations of age segregation. At the individual level, the concepts of integration and isolation and the subjective assessments of embeddedness and loneliness are contrasted. keywords: social integration; older adults; social isolation; segregation'; embeddedness; loneliness

U2 - 10.1177/0164027506291871

DO - 10.1177/0164027506291871

M3 - Article

SN - 0164-0275

VL - 28

SP - 627

EP - 637

JO - Research on Aging

JF - Research on Aging

IS - 6

ER -