Older Adults and Civic Engagement in Rural Areas of the Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F18%3A00101082" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/18:00101082 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/euco/10/2/article-p247.xml" target="_blank" >https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/euco/10/2/article-p247.xml</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/euco-2018-0015" target="_blank" >10.2478/euco-2018-0015</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Older Adults and Civic Engagement in Rural Areas of the Czech Republic
Original language description
Older adults represent a specific group of political and civic actors. In one line of argument, the growing number of people over 65 is gaining stronger voice and representation, and plays a stronger role in social, economic and political life and changes in societies. Another approach points to the social exclusion of older adults and their “oppressed voices”. Using a representative survey of the Czech rural population age 60+, Quality of Life of Seniors in Rural Areas (2016), we looked at the level and forms of civic engagement of older adults and their perceptions in rural areas. We found these attitudes associated with the “locus of control” as an indicator of agency and with place attachment. Some sociodemographic characteristics (being younger, having higher education) increase the probability of older adults’ civic participation in rural areas. The results enhance our knowledge on rural social networks in later life and point to untapped potential of older adults in the local contexts.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50401 - Sociology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA16-20873S" target="_blank" >GA16-20873S: Rural ageing: unanswered questions of environmental gerontology</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
European Countryside
ISSN
1803-8417
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
10
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
PL - POLAND
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
247-262
UT code for WoS article
000438868500005
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85050699132