The changing age structure of the UK population

Smith, Chris W; Tomassini, Cecilia; Smallwood, Steve; Hawkins, Mike

doi:10.1007/978-1-349-75096-2_4

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“…18 18 While the white English population has aged somewhat between the late 1970s and the early 2000s, this demographic change is much smaller than the change in age distribution seen here: the proportion of Britons over 50 increased by about 3 percentage points between 1971 and 2001 (Smith et al. , 2005).…”

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Angry White Men: Individual and Contextual Predictors of Support for the British National Party

2010

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The British National party (BNP) is the most successful extreme right party in Britain's electoral history and is the fastest growing political party in twenty‐first century Britain. This article presents the first ever individual‐level analysis of BNP supporters, utilising a survey data set uniquely compiled for this purpose. We find that support for the BNP is concentrated among older, less educated working‐class men living in the declining industrial towns of the North and Midlands regions. This pattern of support is quite distinct from that which underpinned the last electorally relevant extreme right party in Britain – the National Front (NF) – whose base was young working‐class men in Greater London and the West Midlands. Extreme right voters in contemporary Britain express exceptionally high levels of anxiety about immigration and disaffection with the mainstream political parties. Multi‐level analysis of BNP support shows that the party prospers in areas with low education levels and large Muslim minority populations of Pakistani or African origin. The BNP has succeeded in mobilising a clearly defined support base: middle‐aged working‐class white men anxious about immigration, threatened by local Muslim communities and hostile to the existing political establishment. We conclude by noting that all the factors underpinning the BNP's emergence – high immigration levels, rising perceptions of identity conflict and the declining strength of the cultural and institutional ties binding voters to the main parties – are likely to persist in the coming years. The BNP therefore looks likely to consolidate itself as a persistent feature of the British political landscape.

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Angry White Men: Individual and Contextual Predictors of Support for the British National Party

2010

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“…In the NFD group, the corresponding figures were 71%, 10%, and 19%, and there was no significant difference between the groups in terms of the percentages. However, the authors noted a significant difference between the FD group and United Kingdom general population figures of 72%, 18%, and 10% (Smith, Tomassini, Smallwood, & Hawkins, 2005), but the NFD group was not statistically significant from the United Kingdom general population. Employment categories were full-time employment (FD 5 25%, NFD 5 67%), part-time employment (FD 5 25%, NFD 5 5%), unemployed/seeking work (FD 5 19, NFD 5 0%), and not seeking work/other (FD 5 31, NFD 5 28).…”

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Into the Unknown: Aging with Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Berkman²

2012

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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Research investigation of older adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) noticeably lags behind studies of children and younger adults with ASD. This article reviews the current literature regarding a range of quality of life outcomes of aging adults with ASD. Studies that have addressed life expectancy, comorbid physical and mental health issues, ASD symptomatology, and social, residential, and vocational outcomes are reviewed. Research challenges in identifying older cohorts of adults with ASD are also discussed, and notable areas of concern are highlighted. Overall, aging with ASD does present challenges, but there is also evidence that positive outcomes are attainable. The article concludes with brief recommendations on how to optimize the aging process for individuals with ASD.

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“…1 This is the fastest-growing sector of the population and is predicted to increase to more than 3 million by 2030, accounting for 5% of the population. 1,2 The number of patients presenting for primary hip replacement after entering their 90th year will increase. The typical life expectancy of a 90-year-old in the United Kingdom currently is 4.3 years 3 and hence this group of patients have a significant amount of time during which they may benefit from total hip replacement (THR).…”

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Five-year survival of nonagenerian patients undergoing total hip replacement in the United Kingdom

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Starks

Aulakh

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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume

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Between January 2000 and December 2007, 31 patients 90 years of age or older underwent total hip replacement at our hospital. Their data were collected prospectively. The rate of major medical complications was 9%. The surgical re-operation rate was 3%. The requirement for blood transfusion was 71% which was much higher than for younger patients. The 30-day, one-year and current mortality figures were 6.4% (2 of 31), 9.6% (3 of 31) and 55% (17 of 31), respectively, with a mean follow-up for the 14 surviving patients of six years. Cox's regression analysis revealed no significant independent predictors of mortality. Only 52% of patients returned immediately to their normal abode, with 45% requiring a prolonged period of rehabilitation. This is the first series to assess survival five years after total hip replacement for patients in their 90th year and beyond. Hip replacement in the extreme elderly should not be discounted on the grounds of age alone, although the complication rate exceeds that for younger patients. It can be anticipated that almost half of the patients will survive five years after surgery.

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The changing age structure of the UK population

Cited by 11 publications

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Angry White Men: Individual and Contextual Predictors of Support for the British National Party

Angry White Men: Individual and Contextual Predictors of Support for the British National Party

Into the Unknown: Aging with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Five-year survival of nonagenerian patients undergoing total hip replacement in the United Kingdom

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