Age Stratification and Value Orientations

Abstract

The concept of age stratification provides a useful way of examining social aspects of human aging. This paper reports data on selected value orientations of two age strata in two subcultural systems-one a rural county in the Southern Appalachian Region and the other a metropolitan center adjacent to but outside the Appalachian Region. Comparisons of mean scores revealed significant differences between the younger and older age strata in both geographic areas on such value orientations as authoritarianism, dependency, achievement, religiosity, and anomia. Two hypothesis are suggested to explain the age strata differences-one of aging and the other of social change. Some implications of the social change hypothesis are discussed.

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