ATTENTION: The software behind KU ScholarWorks is being upgraded to a new version. Starting July 15th, users will not be able to log in to the system, add items, nor make any changes until the new version is in place at the end of July. Searching for articles and opening files will continue to work while the system is being updated.
If you have any questions, please contact Marianne Reed at mreed@ku.edu .
Community Formation in a Nascent Retirement Village
dc.contributor.author | Dickens, David Rudolph | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-03T01:28:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-08-03T01:28:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1984-05-31 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/29429 | |
dc.description.abstract | Retirement communities are a rapidly growing phenomenon in the United States. These settings provide a variety of services and recreational activities to retired persons in an attempt to create an age-segregated community.This study comprises an analysis of the community formation process in a nascent retirement community located in a midwestern state. The first three chapters describe the nature and types of retirement communities (Chapter 1), methods used to analyze community structure (Chapter 2), and previous studies (Chapter 3). The next four chapters describe the setting (Chapter 4), social structure (Chapter 5), services and supports (Chapter 6), and everyday life (Chapter 7) at the retirement community being studied. The concluding chapter (Chapter 8) provides an assessment of the community formation in light of the data described in earlier chapters.The dissertation is based primarily on ethnographic data gathered over a sixteen month observation period. Other primary source materials include interviews with residents and management staff, as well as newspapers and journals, and contemporary published works. | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | en_US |
dc.rights | This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author. | en_US |
dc.title | Community Formation in a Nascent Retirement Village | en_US |
dc.type | Dissertation | en_US |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Sociology | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | Ph.D. | |
kusw.bibid | 932960 | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | en_US |
Files in this item
This item appears in the following Collection(s)
-
Dissertations [4889]
-
Sociology Dissertations and Theses [155]