Abstract
There is strong evidence showing that late life social ties and social support are constructed differently by older women and men. Research also highlights that life course transitions can lead to a range of potentially exclusionary impacts for the social relations of older women and men. However, little is known about how the intersection of gender and life-course transitions might contribute to exclusion from social relations of older men and women. We present findings from a cross-national European study on exclusion from social relations in later life (title removed for peer-review). We analyze data from 119 in-depth interviews carried out in five countries (countries removed for peer-review). The interviews focused on the lived experiences of relational changes across the life-course, the impact of these changes on exclusion from social relations, and the role of gender on such impact. Our analyses highlighted four transitions that emerged as common in the lives of the interviewees: onset of ill-health, bereavement, retirement, and relocation. These transitions constrained older women and men’s social networks, support networks, social opportunities and intimate relationships, impacting on their exclusion from social relations in later life. The study confirms the need for a gender-sensitive understanding of the contextual determinants of different transitions.
Presenters
Rodrigo SerratTenure-track lecturer, Cognition, Development, and Educational Psychology Department, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Franziska Rothe
Research assistant, Ageing research and housing studies , OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway Celia Sheridan
PhD Candidate , Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, University of Galway, Ireland Marcela Petrova Kafkova
Researcher, Centre for Research on Ageing, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic Anna Urbaniak
Post-doctoral researcher , Sociology , University of Vienna , Austria
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Social and Cultural Perspectives on Aging
KEYWORDS
Loneliness, Exclusion from Social Relationships, Life-course Transitions, Gender
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