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Income and Wealth Differences by Age in the U.K.

Adults aged 60-64 are nine times wealthier than adults aged 30-34. (ONS wealth survey, 2018-202.

Talcott Parsons developed a Functionalist perspective on age and ageing in the 1950s. He argued that society mainly functioned around

Ageism is discrimination against older people on the basis of their age. It involves making narrow judgements about the elderly

sociological perspectives on when old age begins and the norms surrounding later life.

the idea that there is a ‘war’ between younger and older generations is a media construction.

ageing is socially constructed, to an extent, shaped by social norms, the age structure and generation experiences.

Young people are twice as likely to NOT support the monarch as old people, but why is this?

This post provides an overview of statistics on Britain’s ageing population before looking at some of the problems associated with

What are the patterns of new-media usage in the UK by age, social class, gender. Is there still a digital divide?

Karl Thompson / November 7, 2018

This is one possible example of a 10 mark ‘with item’ question which could come up in the AQA’s A