George W Leeson
Biographic Data
| ID | 144686 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George W Leeson |
| GIVEN NAMES | George W |
| FAMILY NAME | Leeson |
| SIGNATURE | LEESON G W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4720-791X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The demography of super survivors in England
Against a backdrop of population ageing and an increasing number of centenarians in England & Wales after the 2nd World War, this paper analyses the expected length of life of super survivors at different ages in 1956, 2016 and 2050. In particular, the paper highlights the development in the gender divide in respect of expected total length of life for both the super survivors and the general population, and the analyses reveal that this aspect o…
Do Health Information Sources Influence Health Literacy among Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Urban Areas of Western China
Health information sources including healthcare practitioners, neighbors, newspapers, and television have a strong influence on health literacy, which implies that the four main types of sources are the important patterns of health information dissemination in the reinforcement of health literacy. In addition, the present findings also indicate age, minority and disease differences in health literacy and confirm the influence of enabling factors …
A Rights-Based Approach to Ageing in the Americas
Cartografias Do Envelhecimento Em Contexto Rural: Notas Sobre Raça/Etnia, Gênero, Classe E Escolaridade
Este artigo tem como objetivo descrever e analisar as condições sociais gerais referentes à raça/etnia, gênero, classe e escolaridade, numa amostra de 500 sujeitos (n = 250 homens; n = 250 mulheres), com 60 anos e mais, usuários do Sistema Único de Saúde e residentes na zona rural de uma cidade de porte médio, no interior do estado de São Paulo, Brasil, 2015-2016. O desenho é de natureza mista, agrupando técnicas quantitativas e qualitativas, a f…
Global demographic change and grandparenthood
Life expectancies at birth have increased at the global level from 47 years in the mid-twentieth century to around 71 years today, and are expected to rise to 78 years by the mid-twenty-first century and to 83 years by the end of the century. The proportion of the world’s population aged 65 years and over has increased from 5% in the mid-twentieth century to just over 8% in 2015, and by 2050, it is expected to reach almost 16%, equating to more t…
The Growth, Ageing and Urbanisation of our World
Realizing the Potentials of Ageing
Living arrangements and intergenerational monetary transfers of older Chinese
Previous studies show a decline in parent–child co-residence among the elderly. This study examined the effect of living away from adult children on upward intergenerational monetary transfers by analysing a 2006 survey of 19,947 persons aged 60 and above and selected from 20 provinces in China. Results indicate that elderly who were not co-residing but had at least one adult child living in another community/village within the city/county were l…
Do State Pensions Crowd out Private Transfers? A Semiparametric Analysis in Urban China
This article investigates the relationship between state pension and intergenerational monetary transfers received by older parents in urban China. We used data from the Follow-up Sampling Survey of the Aged Population in Urban/Rural China (FUSSAPUR), a nationwide study of people age 60 and older from 20 provinces. Results indicate that the amount of pension was negatively correlated to the probability of receiving transfers, which are consistent…
The impact of mortality development on the number of centenarians in England and wales
The world is ageing both at an individual and a population level, and population ageing is truly a global phenomenon. Life expectancies at birth have increased at the global level from 47 years in the mid-20th century to around 70 years today, and are expected to rise to 76 years by the mid-21st century. The proportion of the world’s population aged 60 years and over has increased from 8 % in the mid-20th century to 12 %, and by 2050 it is expect…
Grandfatherhood: Shifting Masculinities in Later Life
Drawing on qualitative interview data, this article examines how grandfatherhood relates to the assertion and transformation of masculinities in later life. Recent attention to ageing and masculinities has identified how older men are challenged to succeed in maintaining connections to hegemonic masculinity in light of altered family and life circumstances. We consider men's engagement with grandfatherhood as a means for so doing, illustrating ho…
International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy
With the collective knowledge of expert contributors in the field, The International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy explores the challenges arising from the ageing of populations across the globe. With an expansive look at the topic, this comprehensive Handbook examines various national state approaches to welfare provisions for older people and highlights alternatives based around the voluntary and third-party sector, families and private …
Familial solidarity and orientation and life enjoyment in later life, in urban areas of Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore
This article reports on analyses of familial solidarity and orientation and life enjoyment among 40- to 79-year-olds in urban areas of Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore. Social, familial and personal factors affecting life enjoyment are analysed along with attitudes to familial solidarity and orientation in later life. Data are drawn from the Global Ageing Survey (GLAS), which includes approximately 1,000 people aged 40 to 79 from each coun…
Variations in Grandchildren's Perceptions of their Grandfathers and Grandmothers: Dynamics of Age and Gender
In this article, we investigate grandchildren's perceptions of their relations with grandfathers and grandmothers. There is very little research examining grandchild-grandparent relationships from the perspective of grandchildren. Research on grandparenthood and multigenerational families has consistently suggested that it is maternal grandmothers and granddaughters who have the closest relationships. We question this finding by pointing to the s…
Attitudes towards Bearing the Cost of Care in Later Life across the World
The aging population is recognized by many as a unique global phenomenon and has become a subject of interest among multidisciplinary professionals. Perhaps one of the most common key concerns among individuals and family members in many countries today is to meet the increasing demand for elderly healthcare, particularly the real challenges and crisis in old age morbidity and health. As the socioeconomic, demographic and cultural context of popu…
Migration as a Driver of Development: Introduction to Special Issue ‘Migration in Central and Eastern Europe’
Prepared or Not, Latin America Faces the Challenge of Aging
The next 40 years ... are projected to witness a veritable explosion in the number and proportion of older people in the region
Grandfathers in Contemporary Families in Britain: Evidence from Qualitative Research
In recent years, research into grandparenthood has gained considerable momentum, particularly in the United States and increasingly in Europe. However, there has been little research focusing on understanding the contribution of grandfathers. While the perception of grandmothers as more involved than grandfathers remains commonplace, some recent research provides indications of a more changing picture. In attempting to address this knowledge gap,…
Income inequality and health: Importance of a cross-country perspective
Introducing the Journal of Population Ageing
The second half of the 20th century saw the more developed countries of the world experience population ageing to a degree hitherto unseen in demographic history. The first half of the 21 st Century is predicted to see the same transition within the less developed and transitional countries. Globally, by 2050 there will be some 2 billion adults aged over 60, and the total number of older people will outnumber the young. This is historically unpre…
Bernhard Ebbinghaus: Reforming Early Retirement in Europe, Japan and the USA
Journal Article Bernhard Ebbinghaus: Reforming Early Retirement in Europe, Japan and the USA. Get access Bernhard Ebbinghaus: Reforming Early Retirement in Europe, Japan and the USA.Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. 331 pp. George W. Leeson George W. Leeson Oxford Institute of AgeingUniversity of Oxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar European Sociological Review, Volume 23, Issue 5, December 2007, Pa…
Changing Patterns of Contact with and Attitudes to the Family in Denmark
The 20th century saw dramatic ageing of populations in the more developed world, and this aging is expected to continue-and include developing countrieswell into the 21st century. Almost all aspects of society have been and will continue to be affected by this population ageing. In addition, family structures have undergone similarly dramatic change. Against this background, this paper considers the patterns of contact older people in Denmark hav…
The Condemned of Altona
Income inequality and health: Importance of a cross-country perspective
Grandfatherhood: Shifting Masculinities in Later Life
Drawing on qualitative interview data, this article examines how grandfatherhood relates to the assertion and transformation of masculinities in later life. Recent attention to ageing and masculinities has identified how older men are challenged to succeed in maintaining connections to hegemonic masculinity in light of altered family and life circumstances. We consider men's engagement with grandfatherhood as a means for so doing, illustrating ho…
Living arrangements and intergenerational monetary transfers of older Chinese
Previous studies show a decline in parent–child co-residence among the elderly. This study examined the effect of living away from adult children on upward intergenerational monetary transfers by analysing a 2006 survey of 19,947 persons aged 60 and above and selected from 20 provinces in China. Results indicate that elderly who were not co-residing but had at least one adult child living in another community/village within the city/county were l…
Grandfathers in Contemporary Families in Britain: Evidence from Qualitative Research
In recent years, research into grandparenthood has gained considerable momentum, particularly in the United States and increasingly in Europe. However, there has been little research focusing on understanding the contribution of grandfathers. While the perception of grandmothers as more involved than grandfathers remains commonplace, some recent research provides indications of a more changing picture. In attempting to address this knowledge gap,…
Do State Pensions Crowd out Private Transfers? A Semiparametric Analysis in Urban China
This article investigates the relationship between state pension and intergenerational monetary transfers received by older parents in urban China. We used data from the Follow-up Sampling Survey of the Aged Population in Urban/Rural China (FUSSAPUR), a nationwide study of people age 60 and older from 20 provinces. Results indicate that the amount of pension was negatively correlated to the probability of receiving transfers, which are consistent…
The impact of mortality development on the number of centenarians in England and wales
The world is ageing both at an individual and a population level, and population ageing is truly a global phenomenon. Life expectancies at birth have increased at the global level from 47 years in the mid-20th century to around 70 years today, and are expected to rise to 76 years by the mid-21st century. The proportion of the world’s population aged 60 years and over has increased from 8 % in the mid-20th century to 12 %, and by 2050 it is expect…
Variations in Grandchildren's Perceptions of their Grandfathers and Grandmothers: Dynamics of Age and Gender
In this article, we investigate grandchildren's perceptions of their relations with grandfathers and grandmothers. There is very little research examining grandchild-grandparent relationships from the perspective of grandchildren. Research on grandparenthood and multigenerational families has consistently suggested that it is maternal grandmothers and granddaughters who have the closest relationships. We question this finding by pointing to the s…
The Growth, Ageing and Urbanisation of our World
Introducing the Journal of Population Ageing
The second half of the 20th century saw the more developed countries of the world experience population ageing to a degree hitherto unseen in demographic history. The first half of the 21 st Century is predicted to see the same transition within the less developed and transitional countries. Globally, by 2050 there will be some 2 billion adults aged over 60, and the total number of older people will outnumber the young. This is historically unpre…
Realizing the Potentials of Ageing
Attitudes towards Bearing the Cost of Care in Later Life across the World
The aging population is recognized by many as a unique global phenomenon and has become a subject of interest among multidisciplinary professionals. Perhaps one of the most common key concerns among individuals and family members in many countries today is to meet the increasing demand for elderly healthcare, particularly the real challenges and crisis in old age morbidity and health. As the socioeconomic, demographic and cultural context of popu…
Changing Patterns of Contact with and Attitudes to the Family in Denmark
The 20th century saw dramatic ageing of populations in the more developed world, and this aging is expected to continue-and include developing countrieswell into the 21st century. Almost all aspects of society have been and will continue to be affected by this population ageing. In addition, family structures have undergone similarly dramatic change. Against this background, this paper considers the patterns of contact older people in Denmark hav…
The Condemned of Altona
The Condemned of Altona
Changing Patterns of Contact with and Attitudes to the Family in Denmark
The 20th century saw dramatic ageing of populations in the more developed world, and this aging is expected to continue-and include developing countrieswell into the 21st century. Almost all aspects of society have been and will continue to be affected by this population ageing. In addition, family structures have undergone similarly dramatic change. Against this background, this paper considers the patterns of contact older people in Denmark hav…
Bernhard Ebbinghaus: Reforming Early Retirement in Europe, Japan and the USA
Journal Article Bernhard Ebbinghaus: Reforming Early Retirement in Europe, Japan and the USA. Get access Bernhard Ebbinghaus: Reforming Early Retirement in Europe, Japan and the USA.Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. 331 pp. George W. Leeson George W. Leeson Oxford Institute of AgeingUniversity of Oxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar European Sociological Review, Volume 23, Issue 5, December 2007, Pa…
Introducing the Journal of Population Ageing
The second half of the 20th century saw the more developed countries of the world experience population ageing to a degree hitherto unseen in demographic history. The first half of the 21 st Century is predicted to see the same transition within the less developed and transitional countries. Globally, by 2050 there will be some 2 billion adults aged over 60, and the total number of older people will outnumber the young. This is historically unpre…
Grandfathers in Contemporary Families in Britain: Evidence from Qualitative Research
In recent years, research into grandparenthood has gained considerable momentum, particularly in the United States and increasingly in Europe. However, there has been little research focusing on understanding the contribution of grandfathers. While the perception of grandmothers as more involved than grandfathers remains commonplace, some recent research provides indications of a more changing picture. In attempting to address this knowledge gap,…
Income inequality and health: Importance of a cross-country perspective
Prepared or Not, Latin America Faces the Challenge of Aging
The next 40 years ... are projected to witness a veritable explosion in the number and proportion of older people in the region
Migration as a Driver of Development: Introduction to Special Issue ‘Migration in Central and Eastern Europe’
Variations in Grandchildren's Perceptions of their Grandfathers and Grandmothers: Dynamics of Age and Gender
In this article, we investigate grandchildren's perceptions of their relations with grandfathers and grandmothers. There is very little research examining grandchild-grandparent relationships from the perspective of grandchildren. Research on grandparenthood and multigenerational families has consistently suggested that it is maternal grandmothers and granddaughters who have the closest relationships. We question this finding by pointing to the s…
Attitudes towards Bearing the Cost of Care in Later Life across the World
The aging population is recognized by many as a unique global phenomenon and has become a subject of interest among multidisciplinary professionals. Perhaps one of the most common key concerns among individuals and family members in many countries today is to meet the increasing demand for elderly healthcare, particularly the real challenges and crisis in old age morbidity and health. As the socioeconomic, demographic and cultural context of popu…
International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy
With the collective knowledge of expert contributors in the field, The International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy explores the challenges arising from the ageing of populations across the globe. With an expansive look at the topic, this comprehensive Handbook examines various national state approaches to welfare provisions for older people and highlights alternatives based around the voluntary and third-party sector, families and private …
Familial solidarity and orientation and life enjoyment in later life, in urban areas of Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore
This article reports on analyses of familial solidarity and orientation and life enjoyment among 40- to 79-year-olds in urban areas of Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore. Social, familial and personal factors affecting life enjoyment are analysed along with attitudes to familial solidarity and orientation in later life. Data are drawn from the Global Ageing Survey (GLAS), which includes approximately 1,000 people aged 40 to 79 from each coun…
The impact of mortality development on the number of centenarians in England and wales
The world is ageing both at an individual and a population level, and population ageing is truly a global phenomenon. Life expectancies at birth have increased at the global level from 47 years in the mid-20th century to around 70 years today, and are expected to rise to 76 years by the mid-21st century. The proportion of the world’s population aged 60 years and over has increased from 8 % in the mid-20th century to 12 %, and by 2050 it is expect…
Grandfatherhood: Shifting Masculinities in Later Life
Drawing on qualitative interview data, this article examines how grandfatherhood relates to the assertion and transformation of masculinities in later life. Recent attention to ageing and masculinities has identified how older men are challenged to succeed in maintaining connections to hegemonic masculinity in light of altered family and life circumstances. We consider men's engagement with grandfatherhood as a means for so doing, illustrating ho…
Realizing the Potentials of Ageing
Living arrangements and intergenerational monetary transfers of older Chinese
Previous studies show a decline in parent–child co-residence among the elderly. This study examined the effect of living away from adult children on upward intergenerational monetary transfers by analysing a 2006 survey of 19,947 persons aged 60 and above and selected from 20 provinces in China. Results indicate that elderly who were not co-residing but had at least one adult child living in another community/village within the city/county were l…
Do State Pensions Crowd out Private Transfers? A Semiparametric Analysis in Urban China
This article investigates the relationship between state pension and intergenerational monetary transfers received by older parents in urban China. We used data from the Follow-up Sampling Survey of the Aged Population in Urban/Rural China (FUSSAPUR), a nationwide study of people age 60 and older from 20 provinces. Results indicate that the amount of pension was negatively correlated to the probability of receiving transfers, which are consistent…
Global demographic change and grandparenthood
Life expectancies at birth have increased at the global level from 47 years in the mid-twentieth century to around 71 years today, and are expected to rise to 78 years by the mid-twenty-first century and to 83 years by the end of the century. The proportion of the world’s population aged 65 years and over has increased from 5% in the mid-twentieth century to just over 8% in 2015, and by 2050, it is expected to reach almost 16%, equating to more t…
The Growth, Ageing and Urbanisation of our World
Cartografias Do Envelhecimento Em Contexto Rural: Notas Sobre Raça/Etnia, Gênero, Classe E Escolaridade
Este artigo tem como objetivo descrever e analisar as condições sociais gerais referentes à raça/etnia, gênero, classe e escolaridade, numa amostra de 500 sujeitos (n = 250 homens; n = 250 mulheres), com 60 anos e mais, usuários do Sistema Único de Saúde e residentes na zona rural de uma cidade de porte médio, no interior do estado de São Paulo, Brasil, 2015-2016. O desenho é de natureza mista, agrupando técnicas quantitativas e qualitativas, a f…
The demography of super survivors in England
Against a backdrop of population ageing and an increasing number of centenarians in England & Wales after the 2nd World War, this paper analyses the expected length of life of super survivors at different ages in 1956, 2016 and 2050. In particular, the paper highlights the development in the gender divide in respect of expected total length of life for both the super survivors and the general population, and the analyses reveal that this aspect o…
Do Health Information Sources Influence Health Literacy among Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Urban Areas of Western China
Health information sources including healthcare practitioners, neighbors, newspapers, and television have a strong influence on health literacy, which implies that the four main types of sources are the important patterns of health information dissemination in the reinforcement of health literacy. In addition, the present findings also indicate age, minority and disease differences in health literacy and confirm the influence of enabling factors …
A Rights-Based Approach to Ageing in the Americas
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