Old-Age Insurance and the South

1939 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 319
Author(s):  
John J. Corson
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
The South

The Demographic Basis of Old Age Assistance in the South

Social Forces ◽  
1939 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 356-361
Author(s):  
T. L. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
The South ◽  
Old Age Assistance

scholarly journals The South African pension system

1998 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 713-719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Møller
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Pension System ◽  
Real Income ◽  
The South ◽  
Old Age Security ◽  
Social Pension ◽  
African Journal

A. Sagner. 1998. The 1944 Pension Laws Amendment Bill: old-age security policy in South Africa in historical perspective, ca. 1920–1960. Southern African Journal of Gerontology7, 1, 10–14.S. van der Berg. 1998. Ageing, public finance and social security in South Africa. Southern African Journal of Gerontology7, 1, 3–9.The latest issue of Southern African Journal of Gerontology traces the origins of the South African social pensions system and addresses contemporary issues. In her editorial, Monica Ferreira (1998) notes that South Africa is one of only two countries in Africa that operates a social old-age system. Although the value of the South African social pension system is low in terms of real income (R490 in July 1998 – approximately US$100), the pension is generous in comparison with other developing countries. The take-up rate of the pension is virtually 90 per cent in the case of Africans, who historically were the most disadvantaged group under apartheid.

Age Relations in An English Church

1989 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 761-784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothy Jerrome
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Life Span ◽  
Old Age ◽  
The South ◽  
Social Gerontology ◽  
The Social ◽  
Age Relations

Age identities are a product of negotiation between acquaintances and intimates. The negotiation takes place against a background of assumptions about appropriate ways of moving through the life span. This study of ageing in the context of an English church shows how organisational needs must be taken into account in understanding the ageing strategies of participants. The paper is based on fieldwork conducted in the south of England in 1985–6. The analysis draws on the literature of social gerontology which is mainly American. It is part of a larger ESRC-funded study of the social construction of old age in Britain.

scholarly journals "strident effects of instant sophistication": New Zealand architecture in the 1890s

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Christine McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
The South ◽  
Boer War ◽  
The North ◽  
Queen Victoria ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
First Time

Stacpoole and Beaven describe the late nineteenth-century work of New Zealand architects as "exuberant and eclectic, casting aside any earlier notions of simplicity to create strident effects of instant sophistication." It is a decade generally recognised in New Zealand history as an ambitious one and was a time of social and political experimentation and progress including "the entrepreneurial state ... liquor laws ... cheap land for development, [the] management of the effects of capitalism and competition ... an old age pension ... and the exclusion of aliens and undesirables." The 1890s also witnessed the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria (1897), the formation of the Farmers' Union (1899), and wool's establishment as New Zealand's singlemost important export. Sixty-five people were killed in the Brunner Mine disaster (1896), the population of the North Island exceeded that of the South Island for the first time since the 1850s, and the decade's end saw the outbreak of the Boer War (1899).

scholarly journals Age structure of the population of Vojvodina according to territory and nation

2006 ◽  
pp. 305-312
Author(s):  
Zoran Milovanovic
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Age Structure ◽  
The South ◽  
Municipal Level

In the inter-census period, the process of ageing of the population of Vojvodina continued, and Vojvodina is in the stage of a deep demographic old age. The average age increased from 37,7 to 39,8 years, and the index of ageing from 71,0 to 94,1. Territorially speaking, the population of Vojvodina has a homogeneous age structure. All counties are in the stage of a deep demographic old age. Somewhat more favourable age structure is present in the South-Backi, Sremski and South- Banatski counties. Homogeneity is also present at the municipal level. Out of 45 municipalities, 39 belong to the phase of a deep demographic old age, 5 to a demographic old age, and 1 to the deepest demographic old age, while in the 1991 census 38 municipalities belonged to the phase of a demographic old age, and 7 to the phase of a deep demographic old age.

“The Baptist Interest”

2020 ◽  
pp. 271-298
Author(s):  
Eric C. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
The South ◽  
Baptist Church ◽  
Physical Decline ◽  
Federal Constitution ◽  
Change Of Perspective

Oliver Hart faced a crisis of decision when the Charleston Baptist Church extended an invitation for him to return as pastor there in 1783. Hart repeatedly equivocated in his correspondence with them, but ultimately blessed the appointment of his young friend Richard Furman to the post, thus sealing the union of Regular and Separate Baptists in the South. In Hopewell, Hart continued to lament the absence of revival in his apathetic congregation, as well as his own physical decline and old age. He found his greatest encouragement during these years in the “rising glory” of the young American republic, which he believed to be uniquely blessed by God. He celebrated the federal Constitution and urged his skeptical Baptist colleagues to support its ratification. This chapter also explores Hart’s change of perspective on the issue of slavery.

scholarly journals Transitions and Time: Dissonance between Social and Political Aging in South Korea

2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-63
Author(s):  
Won Jee Cho ◽  
Denise Lewis
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
The South ◽  
South Korean Government ◽  
Korean Society ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Korean Government ◽  
Young Old ◽  
Old Age Benefits

This study explored multidimensional meanings related to “becoming old” for the young-old in South Korean society. Six persons aged 62 to 68 were interviewed in-depth. They chronologically, physically, and socially experienced the transition to old age at different times determined through “Hwan-Gap” (at age 60) and through current social policies that define entry into elderhood (at age 65). However, most did not psychologically accept their own aging as beginning at age 60 with “Hwan-Gap.” They reported that they were “forced” to become old at that time, even though they did not yet qualify for old age benefits provided by the South Korean government. In addition, they did not consider others’ perceptions of them as “old” as a psychological obstacle to defining themselves as young. Knowledge about young-old persons’ dissonance between their identities and sociopolitical views of entry into elderhood is important for understanding their experiences during the five-year gap between sociocultural entry into old age at age 60 and entry into the nationally defined elderhood at age 65.

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