Age And Inequality: Diverse Pathways Through Later Life

by Angela O'Rand and John C. Henretta

In the United States, older populations exhibit the highest levels of economic inequality of all age groups. Across all advanced societies, the inequalities observed in older populations stem from structural and individual processes that differentiate the life courses of women and men and yield distinctive patterns of economic inequality in adulthood and old age.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813398126
• ISBN13: 9780813398129
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"