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Sutter, Hannelore – 1989
Following tremendous growth in the population of West Germany until the early 1970s, the population stabilized with a slower birth rate but higher foreign immigration. The population is becoming increasingly older. About 28 percent of the German population is aged 55 or older; by the year 2030, this figure will be about 44 percent. In 1985, the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demography, Employment, Foreign Countries
Download full textKohli, Martin – 1988
This document, examining transition to retirement from a sociological perspective, consists of four sections and a 14-item bibliography. The first section traces the evolution of West German retirement from what was considered a new phenomenon into what is now commonly assumed to be a normal or even natural life stage. The second section discusses…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Compensation (Remuneration), Early Retirement, Employer Employee Relationship
Shenk, Dena; Vora, Erika – 1982
A problem with gerontology theory is that it focuses on a social view of the aged, ignoring individual and cultural variables. A person is judged to have aged successfully if he has adjusted to society's definition of an "elderly person." Similarly, most studies of programs and options for the aged reflect the view of the service…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Cross Cultural Studies, Gerontology, Older Adults
Schroeder, Karsten – 1986
In the last two decades, problems associated with aging have caused increased public concern. As a result of recent research in the Federal Republic of Germany, the science of gerontology has revealed new information about the living conditions and living standards of the elderly. The image of older people is still a negative one and passing…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Gerontology
Straka, Gerald A.; And Others – 1987
Interviews conducted with 31 older, retired adults in Dortmund, West Germany, concerning their use of cable television and its effect on their everyday lives are the focal point of this qualitative study. Also discussed is a quantitative study of a larger sample of German citizens over age 14 in the same geographic area before cable television was…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Interviews
Kreps, Juanita M. – 1968
Concentrating on the trend toward early retirement in the United States and the factors responsible for it, this study draws comparisons between the work and leisure pattern in the United States, with its growing tendency toward retirement below age 65, and the patterns of certain western European nations (principally the United Kingdom, West…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
