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Canadian Activity Patterns Across the Life Span: A Time Budget Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

Andrew S. Harvey  and
Jerome F. Singleton
Andrew S. Harvey
Affiliation:
Saint Mary's University
Jerome F. Singleton
Affiliation:
Dalhousie University
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Abstract

Previous research on activity patterns of the elderly has relied on survey and interview methods which have depended on special measures and the long term memory of the respondents. This paper examines the use of time budgets in studying changing activity patterns across the life span. The independent variables of interest in this analysu were age, sex, marital status, education, and whether or not the individual lives alone. The dependent variable was the activity patterns of the individual. Results indicate that only age, of the factors considered here, endured significance across all comparisons.

Résumé

Les recherches antérieures sur les activités typiques des personnes âgées se fient à la méthode d'enquêtes et entrevues qui dépendent de procédés spéciaux et de la mémoire à long terme des sujets. Cette étude examine l'emploi des budgets de temps relatif aux changements qui s'effectuent dans les activités typiques des sujets à tout âge. Les variables indépendantes qui sont pertinentes à la présente étude sont celles de l'âge, sexe, situation de famille, scolarisation, et situation de domicile. La variable dépendante est celle des activités typiques des sujets. Les résultats indiquent que seul l'âge se maintient comme facteur pertinent par rapport à toute comparaison effectuée.

Keywords

Activitytime budgetaginglife span
Type
Articles
Information
Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , Fall/automne 1989 , pp. 268 - 285
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 1989

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