New Research Co-authored by Johfre Examines the Social Construction of Age
Posted: 2/2/2024 (CSDE Research)
CSDE Affiliate Dr. Sasha Johfre (Sociology) recently co-authored an article with Dr. Aliya Saperstein in Annual Review of Sociology, titled “The Social Construction of Age: Concepts and Measurement“. Age as an individual characteristic is ubiquitous in social science research. Yet age is rarely treated as a phenomenon that requires explanation or theoretical attention. To advance research in sociology, demography, and beyond, authors develop a framework that considers age as a system of inequality with concepts and processes that operate across micro and macro levels of analysis. At the individual level, they argue a person’s age is best conceptualized and operationalized as multidimensional. Authors include recommendations for ways to measure age more precisely and expansively in social scientific research through considering dimensions of age beyond chronology.