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dc.contributor.author | Rippon, I | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kneale, D | - |
dc.contributor.author | Oliveira, CD | - |
dc.contributor.author | Demakakos, P | - |
dc.contributor.author | Steptoe, A | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-06-08T12:52:05Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-01-01 | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-06-08T12:52:05Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Age and Ageing, 43(3): pp. 346 - 351, (2014) | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0002-0729 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/14710 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: to examine perceived age discrimination in a large representative sample of older adults in England. Methods: this cross-sectional study of over 7,500 individuals used data from the fifth wave of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), a longitudinal cohort study of men and women aged 52 years and older in England. Wave 5 asked respondents about the frequency of five everyday discriminatory situations. Participants who attributed any experiences of discrimination to their age were treated as cases of perceived age discrimination. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to estimate the odds ratios of experiencing perceived age discrimination in relation to selected sociodemographic factors. Results: approximately a third (33.3%) of all respondents experienced age discrimination, rising to 36.8% in those aged 65 and over. Perceived age discrimination was associated with older age, higher education, lower levelsof household wealth and being retired or not in employment. The correlates of age discrimination across the five discriminatory situations were similar. Conclusion: understanding age discrimination is vital if we are to develop appropriatepolicies and to target future interventions effectively. These findings highlight the scale of the challenge of age discrimination for older adults in England and illustrate that those groups are particularly vulnerable to this form of discrimination. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing was developed by a team of researchers based at the University College London, National Centre for Social Research and the Institute for Fiscal Studies. The data were collected by the National Centre for Social Research. The funding is provided by the National Institute of Aging in the United States, and a Consortium of UK Government Departments Coordinated by the Office for National Statistics. The developers and funders of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing and the UK Data Archive do not bear any responsibility for the analyses or interpretations presented here. I.R. is supported by an Impact PhD studentship from the International Longevity Centre-UK (ILC-UK) and University College London. A.S. is funded by the British Heart Foundation. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 346 - 351 | - |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | en_US |
dc.subject | Discrimination | en_US |
dc.subject | Ageing | en_US |
dc.subject | Ageism | en_US |
dc.subject | ELSA | en_US |
dc.subject | England | en_US |
dc.subject | Older adults | en_US |
dc.title | Perceived age discrimination in older adults | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/aft146 | - |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Age and Ageing | - |
pubs.issue | 3 | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published | - |
pubs.volume | 43 | - |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Health Sciences Research Papers |
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