A longevidade na metrópole de São Paulo pelas notas de falecimento no Jornal da Tarde (2004-2005)

• Autor(a) principal: Arantes, Rodrigo Caetano
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da PUC_SP
• Texto Completo: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/12522
• topic: Envelhecimento; Dados demográficos; Idosos; Metrópole de São Paulo; Notas de falecimento; Idosos -- Sao Paulo (cidade); Longevidade; Jornal da Tarde -- Secoes, colunas, etc -- Necrologio; Longevity; Aging; Demographic data; Elderly; Metropolitan area of São Paulo; Obituaries; CNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::SERVICO SOCIAL

This dissertation is the study of longevity in the metropolitan area of São Paulo / Brazil, by the analysis of the obituaries on Jornal da Tarde, a local paper. The 665 obituaries were analyzed throughout the periods of June, July and August of 2004 and 2005. The goal was to verify the longevity of the elderly residents of the metropolitan area of São Paulo and the aspects contained in the obituaries like: age range of the elderly, marital status, gender prevalence (feminine or masculine), if the elderly left their families and families left by the elderly. Utilized the SPSS (version11.0) to deal with statistics of data, because of the use of multiple choice questions, through a questioner, elaborated from the obituary clippings. The results obtained showed a greater range of age for the feminine gender, of 87,4 years of age with the deviation standard of 8,6 years and, for the masculine gender of 82.1 years with deviation standard of 9 years. In relation to the marital status a big majority of the elderly was in the category of widows and the men in the category of being married/living together. In the marital status without a partner (single, widow, separated/divorced), a bigger frequency of the feminine gender was observed and with a partner (married/living together), a bigger frequency of the masculine gender was noticed. Another significant association was encountered in relation to the marital status, given that the obituaries of the elderly without partners concentrated in the biggest age ranges and with partners in the smallest age ranges. It was not encountered significant association with relation to the families left and type of family left. The process to increase longevity in Brazil can be evidenced by obituaries of the elderly. The longevity is a current phenomenon in the country and it is determined by the highest age reached by the elderly. This process has major predominance in the female gender, being called by feminism of old age