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Author Perek-Bia³as, Jolanta

Title The Ageing Societies of Central and Eastern Europe : Some Problems - Some Solutions
Published Kraków : Jagiellonian University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (185 pages)
Contents Table of Contents; Introduction: the ageing societies of Central and Eastern Europe; Typology of the European countries by the level of demographic ageing and demographic burden; 1. Introduction; 2. Ranking of the European Countries according to the selected criteria; 2.1. Ranking according to the indicator share of children (aged 0-14); 2.2. Ranking according to the indicator share of older people (aged 65+); 3. Typologization of the European Countries according to the main indicators of demographic burden; 3.1. Classification according to variables (1) and (2)
3.2. Classification according to variables (3) and (4) 4. Conclusion; A comparative analysis of informal networks among older people in Eastern and Western European states; 1. Introduction; 2. Background; 3. Methodology; 3.1. Research Questions; 4. Frequency of family contact; 4.1. Contact with adult child; 4.2. Contact with close relative; 4.3. Marital status; 5. Household and family size; 5.1. Number of persons in household; 5.2. Childlessness; 5.3. Living alone with infrequent contact with adult child; 6. Social networks; 6.1. Kin and non-kin social support networks
6.2. Non-kin based social networks 7. Other variables associated with frequency of family contact; 7.1. Geographical mobility; 7.2. Labour participation; 7.3. Attitudes to care; 7.4. National expenditure on care; 7.5. National prosperity; 8. Summary and discussion; Sociological perspective on the European anti-discrimination legislation; 1. Introduction; 2. The rationale for adoption of anti-discrimination legislation; 3. Sociological perspective: law as a tool of social change; 4. Characteristics of the Framework Directive; 5. Derogations; 6. Positive duties; 7. Effective enforcement
8. The defects of the anti-discrimination directive 9. Conclusions; From research on mortality of the aged in Poland before and after transition; 1. Introduction; 2. Life duration models for elderly people; 3. Analysis of mortality among people aged 80 and more in Poland; 4. Mortality modelling for people aged 80 and more; 5. Summary; The relationship between religious practice and quality of life among those at the threshold of older age; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Aim; 2. Methodology; 3. Results; 4. Discussion; 5. Conclusions; Changes of elderly consumers' potential in ageing society of Poland
1. Introduction 2. The elderly consumers' potential from the perspective of human resource; 3. Elderly people as consumers on the goods and services market; 4. Summary; Demographic change, urban transport and accessibility for elderly in the Czech Republic; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Demographic changes in Czech Republic; 2. Quality of life in the older age; 3. Importance of mobility in old age; 4. Mobility for senior citizens; 4.1. The general objectives of SIZE project; 5. Methodology; 5.1. Hypothesis; 5.2. Target group-oriented approach
Summary This book entitled The Ageing Societies of Central and Eastern Europe: Some Problems - Some Solutions wants to contribute to a better understanding of how societies of Central and Eastern Europe are changing and how they are responding to the challenge of even more rapid ageing process than Western Europe
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Subject Older people -- Social aspects -- Poland
Aging -- Government policy -- Poland
Population aging -- Europe, Central
Population aging -- Europe, Eastern
Age distribution (Demography) -- Economic aspects -- Europe, Central
Age distribution (Demography) -- Economic aspects -- Europe, Eastern
Older people -- Europe, Central
Older people -- Europe, Eastern
Older people -- Government policy -- Poland
Age distribution (Demography) -- Economic aspects
Aging -- Government policy
Older people
Population aging
Central Europe
Eastern Europe
Poland
Form Electronic book
Author Hoff, Anderas
ISBN 9788323382768
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