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Zitierlink DOI
10.26092/elib/2210
Verlagslink DOI
10.1017/S0144686X10000577

Leisure activities and retirement: Do structures of inequality change in older age?

Veröffentlichungsdatum
2010
Autoren
Scherger, Simone  
Nazroo, James  
Higgs, Paul  
Zusammenfassung
In this paper, relationships between old age, retirement and social inequalities, as marked by participation in leisure activities, are examined. Two issues are tackled: first, whether old age and particularly the transition into retirement have an effect on participation in three selected activities; and second, whether the social inequalities underlying these activities change with older age and retirement. The empirical investigation uses data from the first two waves of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), which included variables on having a hobby, being a member of a club, and an index of participation in cultural events (cinema, theatre/opera/classical music performances, museums and galleries). The different socio-economic backgrounds of different age groups explain a considerable part of the observed age differences in these activities. Longitudinal analyses show that respondents tended to continue their activities regardless of changes in work and age, with two exceptions, namely that retirement was positively related to having a hobby, and those who stopped working because of an illness experienced a significant decline in all three of the examined categories of activity. The pattern of continuity also applied to socio-economic differences in patterns of participation in leisure activities. Some indications of slightly growing inequalities with age require further investigation.
Schlagwörter
old age

; 

retirement

; 

social inequality

; 

class

; 

leisure activities

; 

participation
Verlag
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Institution
Universität Bremen  
Fachbereich
Zentrale Wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen und Kooperationen  
Institute
Forschungszentrum Ungleichheit und Sozialpolitik (SOCIUM)  
Dokumenttyp
Artikel/Aufsatz
Zeitschrift/Sammelwerk
Ageing & Society  
Startseite
146
Endseite
172
Zweitveröffentlichung
Ja
Dokumentversion
Postprint
Lizenz
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Sprache
Englisch
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SchergerEtAl_Leisure activities and Retirement_2011_final.pdf

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1.96 MB

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Adobe PDF

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