Gender and old age among the Samia of Kenya
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Gender differences in old age among, rural Samia in western Kenya are explored from a life-course perspective, i.e. as the outcome of gender differences in opportunities and experiences from childhood into old age. The impact of socio-economic change is considered, along, with ways that lifelong gender-differentiated experiences affect old age, particularly regarding the special problems or vulnerabilities of women compared with men.References
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Caldwell, J.C. 1982. Theory of fertility decline. New York: Academic Press.
Cattell, M.G. 1989a. Old age in rural Kenya: gender, the life course and social change. Ph.D. dissertation. Bryn Mawr, PA: Bryn Mawr College. Department of Anthropology.
Cattell, M.G. 1989b. Knowledge and social change in Samia, western Kenya. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology v. 4: 225-44.
Cattell, M.G. 1990. Models of old age among the Samia of Kenya. Joumal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 5: 375-94.
Cattell, M.G. 1992a. Burying Mary Omundu: the politics of death and gender in Samia, Kenya. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Seattle.
Cattell. M.G. 1992b. Informal systems of old age support in developing countries: anthropological perspectives. Seminar Discussion Paper. Washington. DC: The World Bank.
Cattell, M.G. 1992c. Praise the Lord and say no to men: older Samia women empowering themselves. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 1: 307-30.
Cattell, M.G. 1994. "Nowadays it isn't easy to advise the young: " grandmothers and granddaughters among Abaluyia of Kenya. Journal of Cross Cultural Gerontology, 9(2). (in press) Southern African Journal of Gerontology (1994), 3(1)
Cattell, M.G. In press, a. Gender, aging and health: a comparative approach. In: Sargent, C. & Brettell, C.B. (Eds) Gender and health: an international perspective, New York: Simon & Schuster.
Cattell, M.G. In press, b. Between the generations: exchange, intergenerational contracts and elder care in Samia, Kenya. In: Weisner, T.C., Bradley, C. & Kilbride, P. (Eds) African families and the crisis of social change. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Cowgill, D.O. 1986. Aging around the world. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Foner, N. 1985. Caring for the elderly: a cross-cultural view. In: Hess, B.B. & Markson, E.W. (Eds) Growing old in America: new perspectives on old age. Third edition. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books, pp. 387-400.
Glasse, L. & Hendricks, J. (Eds) !992. Gender and aging. Amityville, NY: Baywood.
Halperin, R.H. 1987. Age in cross-cultural perspective: an evolutionary approach. ln: Silverman, P. (Ed.) The elderly as modern pioneers. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, pp. 283-311.
Hendricks, J. 1992. Introduction: making something of our chromosomes. In: Glasse, L. & Hendricks, J. (Eds) Gender and aging. Amityville, NY: Baywood, pp. 1-4.
Holmes, L.D. 1983. Other cultures, elder years: an introduction to cultural gerontology. Minneapolis: Burgess.
K'Okul,R.N.O. 1991. Maternal and child health in Kenya: a study of poverty, disease and malnutrition in Samia. Finnish Society for Development Studies, No.4. Uppsala: Scandinavian Institute of African Studies.
LeVine, S. & LeVine, R.A. 1985. Age, gender and the demographic transition: the life course in agrarian societies. In: Rossi, A.S. (Ed.) Gender and the life course. New York: Aldine. pp. 29-42.
Mø11er, V. & Welch. G. 1990. Polygamy, economic security and well-being of retired Zulu migrant workers. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology. 5: 205-16.
Moore, S.F. 1978. Old age in a life-term social arena. Some Chagga of Kilimanjaro in 1974. In: Myerhoff, B.G. & Simic, A. (Eds) Life' s career-aging: cultural variations on growing old. Beverly Hills. CA: Sage, pp. 23-76.
Nangina (Holy Family) Hospital. 1986. Survey of client population of Nangina Hospital, Samia Location (Kenya). Unpublished.
Rossi, A.S. (Ed.) 1985. Gender and the life course, New York: Aldine.
Rubinstein, R.L. & Johnsen, P.T. 1982. Toward a comparative perspective on filial response to aging populations. Studies in Third World Societies, 22: 115-74.
Seitz, J. 1978. A history of the Samia Location, 1890-1930. Ph.D. dissertation. Morgantown, WV: University of West Virginia.
Soper, R. 1986. Kenya socio-cultural profiles: Busia District. Nairobi: Ministry of Planning and National Development. Thomson, J. 1885. Through Masai land. London: Edward Arnold.
Treas, J. & Logue, B. 1986. Economic development and the older population. Population and Development Review, 12: 645-73.
Udvardy, M. & Cattell. M.G. 1992. Gender, aging and power in sub-saharan Africa: challenges and puzzles. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology. 7: 275-88.
Ware, H. 1984. Female and male life-cycles. In: Oppong, C. (Ed.) Female and male in West Africa. London: George Allen & Unwin.
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