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Ageism in the European Region: Findings from the European Social Survey

Swift, Hannah J. and Abrams, Dominic and Marques, Sibila and Vauclair, Christine-Melanie and Bratt, Christopher and Lima, Maria-Luisa (2018) Ageism in the European Region: Findings from the European Social Survey. In: Ayalon, Liat and Tesch-Römer, Clemens, eds. Contemporary Perspectives on Ageism. International Perspectives on Aging . Springer, pp. 441-459. ISBN 978-3-319-73819-2. E-ISBN 978-3-319-73820-8. (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-73820-8_27) (KAR id:98813)

Abstract

The Ageism module fielded in the 2008–2009 European Social Survey (ESS) across 29 representative samples in the European region (with over 55,000 respondents) is the first major internationally comparable study of individual and societal attitudes to age differences, and ageism. This chapter provides an overview and a review of what has been discovered. The chapter will introduce the module and the theoretical and empirical issues it was designed to address. Many of these issues are framed in terms of social psychological theories of prejudice and discrimination and the approach aimed to provide a robust measurement framework for capturing experiences and expression of ageism in different countries. Drawing on empirical work that has used the ESS data the chapter will review and summarise key discoveries and insights, showing how the module has been used to further understanding of how frequently ageism is experienced and how it is expressed in countries within the European region. The chapter highlights the value of the ESS data for understanding ageism and comments briefly on methods such as multilevel analysis for exploring ESS survey data on ageism.

Item Type: Book section
DOI/Identification number: 10.1007/978-3-319-73820-8_27
Uncontrolled keywords: Ageism, European Social Survey, Stereotypes, Europe
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Funders: University of Kent (https://ror.org/00xkeyj56)
Depositing User: Hannah Swift
Date Deposited: 06 Dec 2022 16:19 UTC
Last Modified: 09 Dec 2022 10:08 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/98813 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Swift, Hannah J..

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Abrams, Dominic.

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Bratt, Christopher.

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