7D.2

• 7D.2 Johnson and Bytheway


  ageism - the offensive exercise of power through references to age
• 7D.2 MORI


  38% of discrimination cases filed after 2006 cited age as the reason
• 7D.2 compulsory retirement age


  phased out in the uk but employers can still set a compulsory leaving age if they can justify it
• 7D.2 demographic time bomb


  more people over the age of 65 than under 16

  has repercussions on the uk economy

  by 2021 33% of the uk population will be over 55
• 7D.2 child poverty action group


  children poverty affects life chances:

  • education
  • health
  • community they live in

  predict that the number of children growing up in poverty will only increase
• 7D.2 End child poverty


  the following have the highest levels of child poverty in the uk:

  • Bethnal Green and bow - 49%
  • poplar and Limehouse - 49%
  • Birmingham, Limehouse - 47%
• 7D.2 Age UK


  16% of pensioners live in poverty in the UK

  fuel poverty
• 7D.2 Hepworth and Featherstone 


  all discussions on inequality need to be unpicked

  groups of old and young are too simplistic
• 7D.2 Marsha and Keating


  different cultures attach different cultural meanings and values to different age groups
• 7D.2 Advocates for youth


  young females suffer specific inequalities not faced by males including:

  • gender based violence
  • early marriage
  • damage to girls
  • femicide
• 7D.2 Kagan


  ageing in the Colombian village observed that the old tended to remain socially and economically active through old age
• 7D.2 Tamil Nadu tribe


  southern India tribes still practicing geronticide
• 7D.2 Gentleman


  care home in Ipswich

  even with good care and a safe environment, a lack of visits from relatives make it an unpleasant experience
• 7D.2 Dowd


  strangers in their own world