eitzen13e.chapter5.lecture.ppt 193987
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Social Problems, 13eD. Stanley Eitzen
Maxine Baca Zinn
Kelly Eitzen Smith
Chapter 5Demographic Changes
in the United States:
The Browning and
Graying of Society
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Demographic Changes in the United States:
The Browning and Graying of Society
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Learning Objectives
5.1 Assess the historical settlement patterns that
have occurred in the U.S.
5.2 Explain the facts versus myths of the changing
racial landscape in America.
5.3 Explain the facts versus myths of the “graying of
America.”
5.4 Assess the potential consequences of the
“graying of America.”
5.5 Discuss how the elderly might cope with or
respond to their devalued status in society.
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5.1 - Profile of the U.S. Population*
• United States – 313,000,000
(third highest in the world)
• China – 1.34 billion
• India – 1.21 billion
• The United States, a developed nation,
continues to increase. Why?
* January 2012
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• One in five householders is age 65 or older.
• Beginning in 2011, an average of 10,000 additional people will become eligible for Medicare each day.
• Non-Whites make up about 37 percent of
the U.S. population, compared to 20
percent in 1980.
5.1 - Profile of the U.S. Population
continued
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LO 5.1 - Video: Demography: The Study of
the Population
http://media.pearsoncmg.com/ph/hss/SSA_
SHARED_MEDIA_1/sociology/videos/MSoc
L_Intelecom/INT_WWL_20K_004.html
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LO 5.1
Why does the population of the United
States, unlike other developed nations,
continue to increase?
A. higher fertility rate
B. influx of immigrants
C. higher life expectancy
D. higher infant mortality
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LO 5.1
Why does the population of the United
States, unlike other developed nations,
continue to increase?
A. higher fertility rate
B. influx of immigrants
C. higher life expectancy
D. higher infant mortality
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LO 5.1
The U.S. population is increasingly
comprised of whites.
A. True
B. False
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LO 5.1
The U.S. population is increasingly
comprised of whites.
A. True
B. False
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5.2 - New Immigration and the
Changing Racial Landscape
• Immigration and Increasing Diversity
• Consequences of the New Immigration
• Immigration and Agency
• Effects of Immigration on Immigrants:
Ethnic Identity or Assimilation?
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LO 5.2 - Immigration and Increasing
Diversity 1. Non-Whites comprise one-third of the U.S.
population
2. Racial minorities are increasing faster than the
majority population
3. African Americans have lost their position as
the most numerous racial minority
4. Immigration accounts for a large share of the
nation’s population growth
5. The racial composition of society is changing
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LO 5.2
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LO 5.2 - Consequences of the New
Immigration
1. Do immigrants take jobs from U.S.
citizens?
2. Are immigrants a drain on society’s
resources?
3. Will the increasing proportion of non-
Whites blur racial lines or increase
tensions?
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LO 5.2
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LO 5.2
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Some are angry
with immigrants
who they feel
take their jobs
and use state
resources for
their education
and healthcare.
LO 5.2
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LO 5.2 - Immigration and Agency
• Immigration can be forced or through human
agency
• Most people in developing nations do not
migrate
– Who does?
– What do they experience?
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LO 5.2 - Effects of Immigration on
Immigrants: Ethnic Identity or
Assimilation?
1. Assimilate as quickly as possible
2. Adopt an adversarial stance toward the
dominant society
3. Resist assimilation and focus on ethnic ties
4. Adopt a bicultural pattern
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LO 5.2 - Explorer Activity: Demographic
Changes: Fifty Years in Brooklyn
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username and password before accessing
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LO 5.2
Immigrants are an economic threat to
__________.
A. the middle class
B. small families
C. the newly employed
D. low-skilled workers
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LO 5.2
Immigrants are an economic threat to
__________.
A. the middle class
B. small families
C. the newly employed
D. low-skilled workers
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LO 5.2
African Americans still outnumber Latinos in
the U.S. population.
A. True
B. False
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LO 5.2
African Americans still outnumber Latinos in
the U.S. population.
A. True
B. False
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5.3 - The Aging Society
• Demographic Trends
• Demographic Portrait of the Current
Elderly Population
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LO 5.3 - Demographic Trends
• High fertility rates combined with high mortality
rates keep a population young.
• The United States is aging because birthrates
and death rates have declined.
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LO 5.3
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LO 5.3
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The elderly are disproportionately white and female.
LO 5.3
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LO 5.3
Which birth trend contributed to the dramatic
increase in the U.S. elderly population
beginning in 2011?
A. baby bust
B. population explosion
C. baby boom
D. population pyramid
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LO 5.3
Which birth trend contributed to the dramatic
increase in the U.S. elderly population
beginning in 2011?
A. baby bust
B. population explosion
C. baby boom
D. population pyramid
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LO 5.3
Low fertility rates and low mortality rates
keep a population young.
A. True
B. False
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LO 5.3
Low fertility rates and low mortality rates
keep a population young.
A. True
B. False
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5.4 - Problems of an Aging Society
• Social Security
• Paying for Healthcare
• Elder Abuse
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LO 5.4 - Social Security
• One out of three seniors depends on
Social Security for 90 to 100 percent of
their income.
• Disadvantages for women because of the
social structure.
• Regressive Tax
• Dependency Ratio
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LO 5.4 - Paying for Health Care
• The elderly consume more than one-third
of all healthcare in the United States
• Costs of getting old
• Medicare
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LO 5.4 - Elder Abuse
• Institutionalized Elderly– Custodial versus therapeutic care
– Necessary or a “dumping ground”?
– Big business
• Noninstitutionalized Elderly
– beanpole family structure
– sandwich family structure
• Ageism
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LO 5.4
Long-term care facilities are a big business
because of the aging population and the
__________.
A. lack of healthcare professionals
B. affluent seeking care
C. necessary regulations
D. government paying for much care
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LO 5.4
Long-term care facilities are a big business
because of the aging population and the
__________.
A. lack of health care professionals
B. affluent seeking care
C. necessary regulations
D. government paying for much care
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LO 5.4
According to your textbook, women are
disadvantaged by the Social Security
program.
A. True
B. False
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LO 5.4
According to your text, women are
disadvantaged in the Social Security
program.
A. True
B. False
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5.5 - Responses by the Elderly
• “Elderly” is age 65– At 65, most people have many “good” years left
• Positive– Travel, visit family, leisure activities, hobbies…for those
who have the means
• Negative– Facing physical changes
– disengagement
• Political– AARP is the second largest interest group
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LO 5.5
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LO 5.5
The disputed theory that elderly withdraw
from social groups and activities is called
__________.
A. disengagement
B. aging
C. responsive
D. controlled
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LO 5.5
The disputed theory that elderly withdraw
from social groups and activities is called
__________.
A. disengagement
B. aging
C. responsive
D. controlled
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LO 5.5
The AARP is the largest interest group in the
United States.
A. True
B. False
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LO 5.5
The AARP is the largest interest group in the
United States.
A. True
B. False
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LO 5.5
Question for Discussion
Discuss the changing population in the
United States. If trends continue, what will
the United States “look” like in 2050?