Hypotheses
- The elderly defined as "decrepit" will have their deaths hastened while the elderly defined as "intact" will be supported (407).Glascock, Anthony P. - The myth of the golden isle: old age in pre-industrial societies, 1987 - 2 Variables
This study discusses the distribution of the treatment of the aged across a sample of pre-industrial societies. Data illustrate that the elderly were treated in a non-supportive or death-hastening manner in the majority of societies, dispelling the notion that a golden age/isle existed in pre-industrial societies in which the elderly were revered and supported. Results also suggest a relationship between age and treatment of the elderly and climate, social, and subsistence variables and the treatment of the aged.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Treatment of the elderly will be related to climate, subsistence strategy, social stratification, and belief in active high gods (408).Glascock, Anthony P. - The myth of the golden isle: old age in pre-industrial societies, 1987 - 5 Variables
This study discusses the distribution of the treatment of the aged across a sample of pre-industrial societies. Data illustrate that the elderly were treated in a non-supportive or death-hastening manner in the majority of societies, dispelling the notion that a golden age/isle existed in pre-industrial societies in which the elderly were revered and supported. Results also suggest a relationship between age and treatment of the elderly and climate, social, and subsistence variables and the treatment of the aged.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - The presence of old age distinctions and death-hastening behavior will be associated with less complex societies. The presence of supportive treatment of the aged wil be associated with more complex societies (54).Glascock, Anthony P. - Decrepitude and death-hastening: the nature of old age in third world societies, 1982 - 3 Variables
This study examines the status and treatment of the elderly in non-industrial societies. Associations are found between social complexity, subsistence type, and the status and treatment of the elderly.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - In societies where there is differentiation among the "old age category," there will be a presence of death-hastening behavior (53).Glascock, Anthony P. - Decrepitude and death-hastening: the nature of old age in third world societies, 1982 - 2 Variables
This study examines the status and treatment of the elderly in non-industrial societies. Associations are found between social complexity, subsistence type, and the status and treatment of the elderly.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "A significant number of the combination supportive/non-supportive treatment will be in the intact/decrepit grouping" (27).Glascock, Anthony P. - Social asset or social burden: treatment of the aged in non-industrial societies, 1981 - 2 Variables
This article uses cross-cultural methodology to examine the classification and treatment of the aged. Results suggest that the combination of supportive/unsupportive treatment is associated with the intact/decrepit age grouping.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - The presence of old age distinctions and death-hastening behavior will be associated with periods of deprivation (55).Glascock, Anthony P. - Decrepitude and death-hastening: the nature of old age in third world societies, 1982 - 3 Variables
This study examines the status and treatment of the elderly in non-industrial societies. Associations are found between social complexity, subsistence type, and the status and treatment of the elderly.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "If treatment categories exist, then their distribution should be equal" (24).Glascock, Anthony P. - Social asset or social burden: treatment of the aged in non-industrial societies, 1981 - 1 Variables
This article uses cross-cultural methodology to examine the classification and treatment of the aged. Results suggest that the combination of supportive/unsupportive treatment is associated with the intact/decrepit age grouping.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "The majority of the societies reported on in the ethnographic record will have explicit ways of treating old persons" (23).Glascock, Anthony P. - Social asset or social burden: treatment of the aged in non-industrial societies, 1981 - 1 Variables
This article uses cross-cultural methodology to examine the classification and treatment of the aged. Results suggest that the combination of supportive/unsupportive treatment is associated with the intact/decrepit age grouping.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Definitions of old age will cluster into a limited number of definitional categories (315).Glascock, Anthony P. - A holocultural analysis of old age, 1980 - 1 Variables
This study provides a cross-cultural examination of the definitions of old age. Further research on these definitions and their implications is suggested.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "If explicit definitions of old age can be determined…these definitions should cluster into a limited number of definitional categories" (19).Glascock, Anthony P. - Social asset or social burden: treatment of the aged in non-industrial societies, 1981 - 1 Variables
This article uses cross-cultural methodology to examine the classification and treatment of the aged. Results suggest that the combination of supportive/unsupportive treatment is associated with the intact/decrepit age grouping.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author