Five essays from a symposium represent some suggestions as to the roles the humanities might play in various phases of gerontology. Presented at the meeting of the Gerontological Society, New York City, 1976. (Author)

A discussion of retirement in France, particularly events, attitudes and problems immediately preceding and following retirement. Some topics discussed are: changing roles, attitudes of individuals in different levels (management, white collar, blue collar), preparations for retirement, finances, place of residence and use of leisure time. (Text…

Children are cultural beings acting in terms of their own complex cultural definitions of their situation--definitions that the teacher needs to consider. (Author)

Examines the relative importance of income, health status, and such sociological factors as worker roles and family setting in explaining the life satisfaction of the aged. Results indicated that the lower life satisfaction resulted primarily from the loss of income and not from the loss of a worker-producer role. (Author)

In pictures and essays, students describe community life in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Kentucky. (KS)

The leading causes of death for young black males are accidents, homicide and suicide. Stress arising from socioeconomic conditions precipitates these events. Heart disease and cancer, other major causes of death, are also thought to be environmentally related. The author proposes the development of new types of social institutions to remedy the…

Based on a corpus made up of written descriptions of comic strips done by elementary level children. Elements most frequently mentioned by the children are identified in order to relate referential content to sociocultural factors. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

The report of a section meeting of the 1987 Forum on Deafness contains transcripts of the following presentations: "Century 21: Social Trends and Deafness" (Raymond Trybus); "Technology and Science in the Management of Deafness" (Arthur Boothroyd); "Trends in Education" (Eva Baker). Highlights of the discussion following the presentations are…

The change in age structure of the Canadian population will have a significant impact on policies, practices, and programs for older people. This article describes expected demographic changes and their implications for programs and policies. (JOW)

Examined impact of age, period, and cohort effects on United States white male suicide rates between 1933 and 1978. Employed Shazam ordinary-least-squares computer package to estimate logit coefficients for seven models. Results revealed that period effects were weaker than age and cohort effects for explaining shifts in white male suicide…

Studied married couples' allocation of tasks within the household and found that role specialization existed in accordance with traditional sex role norms. Found that wives' self-esteem was not significant, but that the number of hours they were employed, their sex role orientation, and the attitudes of their significant others were significantly…

Shows that both suicide and homicide rates were related to the divorce rates and that suicide rates were related to migration rates. These associations remained even when controls were introduced for other sociodemographic variables, such as the proportion of Blacks and old persons and the median family income. (Author/ABB)

The conception of a violent social order challenges the ordinary understanding of violence. The word violence should be used to mean intentional harming. The questions then become what constitutes harm and when are intenders responsible. Liberation theologians present a sophisticated view of harm and argue for appropriate adjustments in the…

"Illiterate America," a book by Jonathon Kozol is used as a platform to propose an alternative model of functional literacy which does not adjust the disadvantaged to the status quo, but enables them to acquire intellectual access to their world and their place within that world. (MT)