Relationship Structures and Biographical Context: The Case of Elderly People at Risk of Poverty

Gerhard Jost

Publikation: Wissenschaftliche FachzeitschriftOriginalbeitrag in FachzeitschriftBegutachtung

Abstract

This article presents a typology of relationship structures of elderly people with an income level below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold and examines the determinants of these relationships. The presented results are based on an empirical, qualitative study on the relationship structures including biographical contexts such as critical life events, having children, family dynamics, membership of social milieus, personality structures, and the state of health. The study did not focus on stereotypical cause and effect relations, but on interlocking factors in lifeworld contexts that determine the variety of relationship structures.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)351 - 368
FachzeitschriftJournal of Aging and Social Change
Jahrgang8
Ausgabenummer3
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2018

Österreichische Systematik der Wissenschaftszweige (ÖFOS)

  • 504007 Empirische Sozialforschung

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