Older women in poverty
Subtitle: private lives and public policies
By: Amanda S. Barusch.
Publisher: Springer Pub. Co.
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Older women -- United States -- Economic conditions.; Older women -- United States -- Social conditions.; Older women -- Government policy -- United States.
Description: All women, regardless of race, face a greater risk of poverty in their later years than elderly men, chiefly as a result of social biases and the failure of public policy. In this volume, the author presents her findings from an extensive study of low-income older women from around the country and features the detailed life stories of seven selected women.

In examining central aspects of the respondents' private lives, the author describes the impact of poverty on self-concept, daily coping strategies, marriage, and caregiving.

This text offers recommendations for policy changes that are desperately needed to prevent and to ameliorate poverty among older women and examines the role of older women in social reform. Academics, students, policymakers, researchers, and professionals in sociology and social gerontology will find this volume a valuable resource.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-201) and index.