... of the key challenges and consequences of global ageing for global society. Design/methodology/approach The paper is a literature review of major trends and implications of population ageing across the globe. Findings As a consequence of the global demographics of ageing, societies are being...

.... Originality/value As sociologists continue to consider space as a factor in health inequalities, this paper demonstrates the utility of considering space as operating at more than one scale. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Medical care Asthma Demographics United States of America...

... persons in 2000. Smaller family size means there are fewer potential caregivers (Huang, 2003 , pp. 86‐7). Due to the above demographic changes together with the economic transition, since the middle of 1980s, the Chinese government has carried out a series of reforms in its social security system...

... Family Social stratification Prelocation Demographics United Kingdom Surveys “Family migration” is a term which is often used to describe the process of couples, with or without children, moving long distances within nations. This is in contrast to the term “residential move” which is often...

...Ashraf Ragab El‐Ghannam Examines the effects of demographic, mobility, economic, social and technology factors as independent variables upon industrialization, urbanization and modernization as dependent variables. Compares between results of the analysis of these factors related to both Cowgill’s...

...Ayed A. Alwraikat; Fayez A. Simadi Examines the relationship between some socio‐demographic factors and modernity in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Looks at 630 subjects from Jordan and 209 from the UAE and uses multiple regression to examine the role of these factors in explaining...

... MCB UP Limited 2001 Disease India Women Demographics Health care Government Volume 21 Number 11/12 2001 75 Status of Leprosy Disabled Women by G. Stanley Jaya Kumar, P. Venkateswarulu and E. Lalitha, Department of Sociology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati 517502, Andhra Pradesh...

... stratification, as well as in the location of particular occupational groups. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Sociology Marriage value Demographics Volume 21 Number 4/5/6 2001 165 An International Comparative Analysis of Marriage Patterns and Social Stratification by Ken Prandy, Professorial Fellow, School...

... in North Carolina looking at the identities that reflect the suggested changes. Combines the analysis of a time series established over 20 years in the US with a cross sectional analysis of Germany to test a model of conservatism. © MCB UP Limited 1999 USA National cultures Demographics...

...Bryn Jones; Peter Nisbet Attempts to show the wider social impact of collective redundancy creating recruits for the “flexible” sector of the labour force, those on temporary contracts, part time and self employed. Considers the way collective redundancy has changed the demographic structure...

..., it was thought, had prompted a pro‐choice attitude, but finds that this is not actually the case. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Attitude surveys Demographics USA Volum e 18 N umber 9/ 10 1998 91 EFFECT OF AGE, GEN D ER AN D RACE O N ABORTION ATTITU D E b y R anjita Misra, T r u m an State U n iver sit y...