GENERACIJSKE RAZLIKE U SOCIJALNOM, ZDRAVSTVENOM I PSIHIČKOM STANJU STARIJIH OSOBA U ZAGREBU
GENERATION DIFFERENCES IN SOCIAL, HEALTH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STATUS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN ZAGREB

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the findings of research on social, functional, health and psychological status of urban elderly people belonging to different generations (cohorts). Two generation groups of elderly citizens of Zagreb were compared. A group of 50 subjects, aged 57-72 years was examined in 1979, and a group of 47 subjects, aged 59-71 years in 1994. Sociodemographic and health status data were collected by a questionnaire, and data on functional ability, psychosomatic symptoms and selfassessed health were collected by measurement scales. Significant differences between generations were found – in 1994, subjects lived in smaller families, there was a larger proportion of retired subjects, and they had more psychosomatic symptoms than their age peers in 1979. The two generations of elderly subjects did not differ significantly in gender, marital status, education, health and functional status and self-assessed health. The differences between the two generation groups of elderly persons, found in this research, indicate the effects of social factors on the style and quality of urban elderly people’s lives.

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