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Aging and The Life Course
Aging and The Life Course: An Introduction to Social Gerontology, 2/e
Jill Quadagno, Florida State University

The Demography of Aging

Chapter Outline

Sources of Population Data

Individual Aging Processes

Life Span

Life Expectancy

The Sex Ratio

Population Aging

The Demographic Transition

Dependency Ratios

Population Trends in the United States

The Changing Age Structure

Fertility

Mortality

Migration

Dependency Ratio

Life Expectancy

The U.S. Sex Ratio

A Portrait of Older Americans

Marital Status

Income and Poverty

Education

Geographic Mobility

Boxed features

In Their Own Words: The Centenarians

Aging Around the World: International Variations in Population Aging

An Issue for Public Policy:Will the Baby Boomers Consume the Federal Budget?

Diversity in the Aging Experience: Race and Gender Differences in Life Expectancy