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How do 50-year-olds imagine their future: social class and gender disparities

  • This paper empirically examines differences in how 50-year-olds imagine their future. It draws on answers to an open-ended survey question in a large British cohort study—the National Child Development Study. Over 6,700 written responses about respondents’ imagined future are examined using text mining methods. Results from a relative frequency analysis and a topic model reveal differences according to gender, occupational class, and educational qualification. The cohort members’ written texts reflect different lifestyles. Men are more likely to mention sport, like golf and football, whereas women are more prone to use words related to family and friends. Respondents with a degree are more likely to write about cultural activities, such as museum or theater visits. Overall, the findings reveal gendered and socially stratified patterns in individual future perceptions, contextualized in relation to leisure, health, and family.
Metadaten
Author:Maximilian WeberORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-751257
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440211061567
ISSN:2158-2440
Parent Title (English):Sage open
Publisher:Sage Publ.
Place of publication:Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2021/11/29
Date of first Publication:2021/11/29
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2024/09/19
Tag:future life; imagination; lifestyle; stratification; topic model
Volume:11.2021
Issue:4
Page Number:11
First Page:1
Last Page:11
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Data availability statement
The analysis is based on data available from the UK Data Archive. Data are available at https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-6978-1 with the permission of the UK Data Archive.
Institutes:Gesellschaftswissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 30 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie / 300 Sozialwissenschaften
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International