Life History Demographics

Reflection 1: Life History and Demographics Interviews of older adults were conducted on the subject of their life history and demographics. Each interviewer was given conversation prompts on basic life history such as: year and place of birth, family structure, career path, and education in order to gain basic knowledge of the interviewee. The interviewees were also asked questions about the demographic shift in society and how he or she believes the shift will impact older adults. In addition to the interview, an analysis between the interview and studies demonstrating demographic connections was also assigned.
Interview
For the first part of the assignment, I interviewed Lynne, a sixty-eight-year-old female born in 1947, at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Furman University. She was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and her family structure growing up was middle class. She has one brother. Lynne was educated in nursing through a diploma school located in a hospital. She later achieved a Bachelor of
Low socioeconomic levels have been found to relate to disability, chronic disease, and low self-rated health; higher socioeconomic levels have been found to relate to higher self-rated health and lower health issues. This is because people with higher education levels have a better access to and understanding of important information pertaining to health, and people with higher incomes have better access to healthy food, better living environments, and superior health care (Simsek, Doganany, Refik, & Ucku 2014). Lynne viewed her family’s income as middle class, and she has a high education level. The findings of this study prove that a relationship can be found between Lynne’s education level and socioeconomic status and low level of health