Growing Old in Different Societies: Cross-cultural Perspectives

activities adult age set American American Samoa analysis anthropological anthropologists authority Baganda Ballybran become behavior canonical correlation context County Kerry cross-cultural cultural cycle death deference developed double jeopardy economic elderly elders ethnic example exchange expected extended family factors farmers female function gerontocracy gerontology Glenrothes grandchildren grandmothers grandparents growing old Havik household important increase Indian individual industrial interaction intergenerational Inuit involved Irish Italian Italian Americans kinship live majority male Masai matai means menopause Mexican Americans middle-aged modern networks nuclear family nursing home old age older women organization parents participation patrilineal patterns percent person population position prestige problems relations relationship relative residents respect responsibility retirement role rural Samoan sample senior significant social society South Slav status stratification structure tion Towns traditional urban values variables village Western woman young younger