There is a widespread view that a lack of respect is shown to older people in today’s society.
We asked the Australian public in our online omnibus of July 2012 about their beliefs regarding how society views older people and the results were quite revealing:
67% believe society generally views older or aged people with ‘less respect than they deserve’.
This view was common across the sample but even more prevalent in older age categories including Pre-Boomers (78%) and Baby Boomers (75%) compared to Generation Y (56%).
We also asked about attitudes of older and younger people towards each other on issues like respect, work roles, government support and role models.
For more information about the above results, please contact Kim or Paul Di Marzio.
