Life Support in High Age
Northern Norway 1865–1900
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6079424 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ingunn Elstad (Department of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 140-165 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0363199012472167 |
| OpenAlex | W2031408867 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
This article explores how very old people in Northern Norway supported life before economic modernization, from nineteenth-century census registrations and ethnographic sources. Very few lived alone. About 80 percent were primarily supported by living with relations—family, kin, or nonkin, participating with work and experience, the majority through a retirement agreement. In the northernmost parts, where Sámi traditions of land ownership dominated, retirement was uncommon. Other very old supported life from independent work or public relief. Old women with few ties were at particular risk of destitution
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |