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ERIC Number: EJ341429
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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With Rise in Proportion of Population Above Age 65 Sociologists Say Study of Aging Is a Growth Industry.
Paul, Angus
Chronicle of Higher Education, v33 n2 p4-6 Sep 10 1986
Research on aging has contributed toward undermining negative stereotypes. In the last 20 years, the sociology of age has developed as a field that deals not only with growing old, but also with growing older from birth onward. The new role of grandparents is described. (MLW)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Gerontology, Grandparents, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Older Adults, Role Perception, Scholarship, Social Science Research, Sociology, Stereotypes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: American Sociological Association