Kdo je mladý/střední/starý?

• Authors: Romana Trusínová

Title variants

EN

WHO IS YOUNG / MIDDLE AGE / OLD?

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this study is to find out which characteristics affect the age identity of individuals. The main question is: What determines whether the people in the Czech Republic find themselves young, middle aged or old? Two alternative hypotheses were tested: a) the age identity is mainly influenced by person’s family and working roles; b) the age identity is primarily a function of person’s chronological age and his health. While the second hypothesis understands the age identity as an ordinal variable, the first hypothesis views values of youth, middle age and old age as three different nominal constructs. The question is answered by analysis of quantitative data from European Social Survey Round 4. The sample contains 1864 respondents aged 20-95. Author uses binary logistic regression to find models for adopting age identities in different age categories. The second hypothesis of age identity being primarily an effect of age and health is proved. The influence of some family and working roles on age identity are, however, also discussed.

Keywords

EN

AGEING; AGE IDENTITY; YOUTH; MIDDLE AGE; OLD AGE; ESS

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Data a výzkum - SDA Info (Data and Research - SDA Info)
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 171-184

Contributors

author

Romana Trusínová

• Sociologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Jilská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic