1. CHAPTER 6-LIFE COURSE

2. LIFE COURSE  FOLLOW CHANGES IN HISTORY  PRODUCT OF TIME & PLACE  BIRTH RATE DECREASES SINCE COLONIAL TIMES EXCEPT BABY BOOM 1946-1964

3. BIRTH COHORTS-people born in the same year or years; similarities  GREAT DEPRESSION  No $ or jobs Impacts values: $ Responsibility Conservative Handle problems easier Work is most important “vocational crystallization” Frugal  BABY BOOMERS  Post WW2 prosperity  TV & rock music  Vietnam War Values: Freedom Individuality change

4. SOCIAL DEFINITION OF AGE  Set of behaviors at each stage of life  Depends on culture  Timetable for normal behavior  18-vote/graduate  21-drinking age  65-retirement  AGE GRADING—school  Stick with same age groups—marry similar age people

5. Rite of Passage  Ceremonies to mark an age transition  Baptism; Bar Mitzvah  Debutante ball  Quinceanos

6. POPULATION PYRAMIDS  Increased life expectancy  Improving healthcare  Results:  need less elementary teachers  need more college teachers  Need more retirement homes; geriatric doctors