Identifying the Third Agers: An Analysis of British Retirees' Leisure Pursuits
Identifying the Third Agers: An Analysis of British Retirees' Leisure Pursuits
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DOI：
10.5153/sro.2451
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发表时间：
2011-12-02
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1.6
通讯作者：
Arber, Sara
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作者：
Chatzitheochari, Stella;Arber, Sara
尽管最近的理论重点是第三年龄的出现是一个充实的时期，并且持续参与积极的休闲生活方式，但缺乏关于老年人如何度过时间的定量研究。很少有关于晚年生活的研究利用时间使用调查，而时间使用调查是收集日常生活数据时使用最广泛、最准确的方法。本文分析了 2000 年英国时间利用调查的数据，以便实践第三年龄的概念，并检验有关社会划分与退休后积极休闲生活方式的形成无关的理论命题。该分析重点关注 1615 名 64 岁以上老人的子样本。构建了积极休闲活动指数，以估计英国退休人员中三岁老人的比例。指定逻辑回归模型来检查社会人口特征对一个人成为第三个年龄的概率的相对影响。研究发现结构性因素和健康有很强的影响，但这并不支持社会背景对退休后生活方式选择影响较小的论点。 “积极”老龄化似乎是那些在文化和物质上具有优势的人的领域，而健康、受过教育、上层阶级和中产阶级的男性更有可能采取老年休闲生活方式。
Despite the recent theoretical focus on the emergence of the Third Age as a period of fulfilment and an ongoing engagement with an active leisure lifestyle, there is a dearth of quantitative studies on how older people spend their time. Few studies of later life capitalise on time-use surveys, which constitute the most widely employed and accurate methodology for collecting data on everyday life. This article analyses data from the 2000 UK Time Use Survey in order to operationalise the concept of the Third Age and test theoretical propositions regarding the irrelevance of social divisions in the formation of an active leisure lifestyle after retirement. The analysis focuses on a subsample of 1615 people over the age of 64. An index of active leisure activities is constructed in order to estimate the proportion of third agers amongst British retirees. Logistic regression models are specified to examine the relative influence of socio-demographic characteristics on the probability of a person being a third ager. Strong effects of structural factors and health are found, which do not support arguments suggesting a minor influence of social context in lifestyle choices after retirement. 'Active' ageing appears to be the province of those who are culturally and materially advantaged, and it is the healthy, educated, upper-class and middle-class men that are more likely to engage in a Third Age leisure lifestyle.