Across
- 4. People in the population who are 100 years or older
- 7. Area of the world with exceptional longevity
- 9. The __________ ratio is a way to compare portions of the population based on employment.
- 12. A longer lifespan free of any major illness until the last few years is a characteristic of _______
- 13. When older people are treated unequally (directly or indirectly) on grounds of their age
- 16. How long people could live if environmental hazards were eliminated is _____ life span
- 19. Type of study where researchers introduce an intervention and study the effects
- 21. An age-population ratio of those typically not in the labor force and those typically in the labor force
- 22. Variable that represents inputs or causes
- 23. By what measure did the number of foreign-born U.S. residents change between 1990 and 2010?
Down
- 1. Theory that older adults want to be seen as valuable to others
- 2. Variable that represents Manipulated measure in a study
- 3. Theory that focuses on understanding the meanings that people give to their social lives
- 5. Study of populations, trends, and population characteristics
- 6. Tool visually captures population changes?
- 8. Theory emphasizing older adult’s attempt to preserve and maintain existing structures
- 10. Alfred, an African American man, lives to 85, while Tom, a white man, lives to 64 is an example of a(n) _____
- 11. Theory emphasizing withdrawal or separation from past roles and activities
- 14. The age to be eligible to vote is an example of an important ______ age
- 15. Study of aging
- 17. Early gerontological theories were focused on the ______ while newer developments emphasize societal impacts
- 18. A health care analyst presents some statistics to a committee. He expresses concern that there will soon be 35 older adults for every 100 working adults. The analyst is referring to a __________ ratio.
- 20. Categorizations, such as race, gender, age that are so automatic that they are termed _____ categories