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Health and well-being of lesbians, gay men and bisexual people in later life: examining the commonalities and differences from quantitative research
Intersections of Ageing, Gender and Sexualities: Multidisciplinary International Perspectives, pp.191-208
Ageing in a Global Context, Policy Press
03/2019
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Abstract
While the complexities and intersections of age, gender and sexualities can be difficult to capture in quantitative studies, findings from quantitative research do relate to majority experiences and general patterns within populations, and hence are important sources of knowledge. However, with the frequent aggregation of people into
one LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender diverse) category there is a risk that quantitative research misrepresents the diverse issues and needs of LGBT people.
This chapter argues that careful analysis of quantitative findings is needed to ensure that diversity is respected. Because the focus of much quantitative research is on sexuality, the experiences of transgender, intersex and gender diverse people are not specifically examined here. Instead the chapter centres on the intersection of gender, sexuality and ageing for lesbians, gay men and bisexual (LGB) older people and explores some of the commonalities and differences across these groups in the quantitative findings from international research on health and well-being.
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- Title
- Health and well-being of lesbians, gay men and bisexual people in later life: examining the commonalities and differences from quantitative research
- Creators
- Mark Hughes - Southern Cross University
- Contributors
- Andrew King (Editor) - University of SurreyKathryn Almack (Editor) - University of HertfordshireRebecca Jones (Editor) - The Open University (UK)
- Publication Details
- Intersections of Ageing, Gender and Sexualities: Multidisciplinary International Perspectives, pp.191-208
- Series
- Ageing in a Global Context
- Publisher
- Policy Press; Bristol, UK
- Number of pages
- 18
- Identifiers
- 991013348939602368
- Copyright
- © Policy Press 2019.
- Academic Unit
- Social Work; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter