Handbook article by Carolin Kunz and Martina Brandt published.
The article was published in the ‘Handbuch Sozialstrukturanalyse’ by Petra Böhnke and Dirk Konietzka.
The article ‘Alter(n) und soziale Ungleichheit in Deutschland und Europa‘ (Age(ing) and social inequality in Germany and Europe) focusses on health and well-being with regard to
- (Family) lifestyles
- Socio-economic status
- Work and retirement
- Care in later life and in ageing societies.
The article provides an overview of (primarily quantitative) results of studies based on (international) data sets and highlights societal challenges, which we discuss in terms of implications for social structure analysis and ageing research. The article can be accessed here.