Kornilova M.V. The Actual Conditions of Life and Adaptation Strategies of Women Young and Old Ages: a Comparative Analysis. Proceedings of Higher Educational Institutions. Sociology. Еconomics. Politics, 2019, vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 81-93.

Abstract

The article provides statistical data that the proportion of women is significantly higher than that of men, especially in old age. In particular, this circumstance justifies the choice of the research topic. Therefore, the comparative analysis is based on the study of the characteristics of life of young and elderly women, including the study of: marital status and availability of children, level of education and employment, health and bad habits, lifestyle and the use of information and computer technologies. Significant differences are shown in all the above parameters, based on the age of the women studied. Accordingly, the possibilities of adaptation in different ages are different: young women have much more resources compared to the old women. The ways out of the circumstances based on available personal and social resources (examples of government programs to increase the proportion of adapted elderly women, for example, to the novelties of the informational world).