Entry:
Ward, Russell A., "Minority Aging: A Test of the Relative Importance of Age Stratification," Paper presented to the Gerontological Society, Washington, D.C., November, 1979.
Abstract:
Racial differences in health, income, social participation, and subjective well-being neither heighten nor moderate with age except to very small degrees.
GSS Years:1972-77
Other Data Sets:
Gallup 1950, 1973
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| AGE |
AGE OF RESPONDENT |
| RACE |
RACE OF RESPONDENT |
| HEALTH |
CONDITION OF HEALTH |
| EDUC |
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED |
| PRESTIGE |
RS OCCUPATIONAL PRESTIGE SCORE (1970) |
| INCOME |
TOTAL FAMILY INCOME |
| SOCREL |
SPEND EVENING WITH RELATIVES |
| SOCFREND |
SPEND EVENING WITH FRIENDS |
| SOCOMMUN |
SPEND EVENING WITH NEIGHBOR |
| SATFRND |
FRIENDSHIPS |
| SATFAM |
FAMILY LIFE |
| MEMCHURH |
MEMBERSHIP IN CHURCH GROUP |
| MEMFARM |
MEMBERSHIP IN FARM ORGANIZATION |
| MEMFRAT |
MEMBERSHIP IN FRATERNAL GROUP |
| MEMGREEK |
MEMBERSHIP IN SCHOOL FRATERNITY |
| MEMHOBBY |
MEMBERSHIP IN HOBBY CLUB |
| MEMLIT |
MEMBERSHIP IN LITERARY OR ART GROUP |
| MEMNAT |
MEMBERSHIP IN NATIONALITY GROUP |
| MEMNUM |
NUMBER OF MEMBERSHIPS |
| MEMOTHER |
MEMBERSHIP IN ANY OTHER |
| MEMPOLIT |
MEMBERSHIP IN POLITICAL CLUB |
| MEMPROF |
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY |
| MEMSCHL |
MEMBERSHIP IN SCHOOL SERVICE |
| MEMSERV |
MEMBERSHIP IN SERVICE GROUP |
| MEMSPORT |
MEMBERSHIP IN SPORTS CLUB |
| MEMUNION |
MEMBERSHIP IN LABOR UNION |
| MEMVET |
MEMBERSHIP IN VETERAN GROUP |
| MEMYOUTH |
MEMBERSHIP IN YOUTH GROUP |
| ATTEND |
HOW OFTEN R ATTENDS RELIGIOUS SERVICES |
| RELITEN |
STRENGTH OF AFFILIATION |
| HAPPY |
GENERAL HAPPINESS |
| SATCITY |
CITY OR PLACE R LIVES IN |
| SATHOBBY |
"NON-WORKING ACTIVITIES |
| LIFE |
IS LIFE EXCITING OR DULL |
| ANOMIA1 |
"NEXT TO HEALTH |
| ANOMIA2 |
WONDER IF ANYTHING IS WORTHWHILE |
| ANOMIA3 |
NO RIGHT & WRONG WAYS TO MAKE MONEY |
| ANOMIA4 |
LIVE ONLY FOR TODAY |
| ANOMIA5 |
LOT OF THE AVERAGE MAN GETTING WORSE |
| ANOMIA6 |
NOT FAIR TO BRING CHILD INTO WORLD |
| ANOMIA7 |
OFFICIALS NOT INTERESTED IN AVERAGE MAN |
| ANOMIA8 |
DONT KNOW WHOM TO TRUST |
| ANOMIA9 |
MOST DONT CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO OTHERS |
| POLVIEWS |
THINK OF SELF AS LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE |
| NATRACE |
IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF BLACKS |
| NATFARE |
WELFARE |
| RACSCHOL |
SHOULD WHITES & BLACKS GO TO SAME SCHOOL |
| BUSING |
ATTITUDE TOWARD RACIAL BUSING |