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Precarity and Aging: A Scoping Review
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Precarity and Aging: A Scoping Review

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The concept of precarity holds the potential to understand insecurities and risks experienced by older people in the contemporary social, economic, political and cultural context. This study maps existing conceptualizations of precarity in relation to aging and later life, identifies key themes, and considers the use of precarity in two subfields. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: This article presents the findings of a …

Authors

Grenier A; Hatzifilalithis S; Laliberte-Rudman D; Kobayashi K; Marier P; Phillipson C

Journal

The Gerontologist, Vol. 60, No. 8, pp. 620–632

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Publication Date

November 23, 2020

DOI

10.1093/geront/gnz135

ISSN

0016-9013