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Russell A. Ward, The Marginality and Salience of Being Old: When Is Age Relevant?, The Gerontologist, Volume 24, Issue 3, June 1984, Pages 227–232, https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/24.3.227
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Abstract
Gerontologists need to be more sensitive to the variable relevance of age as a personal trait. Although old age is often described as a marginal and stigmatized status, this appears to have little effect on the everyday lives and feelings of older people, perhaps because of the limited salience of age within their informal networks. Factors that heighten the salience of being old, however, may reduce subjective well-being because of the implied marginality of old age.
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