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- Bildtgård, Torbjörn, 1970-
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Alimentalities - Food for Sociology
- 2015
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In: Mat är mer än mat. - Göteborg : Göteborgs universitet. ; , s. 247-254
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)
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- Bildtgård, Torbjörn, 1970-
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Att åldras utan nära familj
- 2022
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In: Perspektiv på utsatthet och problem under åldrandet. - Lund : Lund University Open Access. - 9789178955473
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)
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- Bildtgård, Torbjörn, 1970-, et al.
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Attitudes, experiences and expectations on new intimate relationships in later life : results from a Swedish national survey
- 2013
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In: The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging. - : Springer. - 1279-7707 .- 1760-4788. ; 17:Suppl. 1, s. 109-
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Introduction : More than a million, or almost half, of the 60+ population (46%) in Sweden today are singles (never married, divorced, widows/widowers), a majority are women and the actual number as well as the proportion of divorcees is increasing. Still, we know very little about the intimate lives of non-married elderly people or about re-partnering in later life. This presentation focuses attitudes to, expectations on, and experiences of new intimate relations in later life.Method : It is based on results from a new representative survey of 3 000 Swedes, 60-90 years old (boosted with regards to non-married people), that was developed from questions generated by a recent qualitative interview study with 28 Swedes who had established a new relationship after the age of 60.Results : We describe attitudes, expectations and experiences in the older population generally, but also in different groups defined on the basis of gender, class, life-course phase, sexual orientation, degree of urbanization and intimacy career. We also focus the importance of intimate relationships for older people’s quality of life, and reason about how structures of informal support may look for older people who enter new intimate relationships.Conclusion : As of november 2012 we are still in an early phase of the survey work, thus conclusions are pending.
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- Bildtgård, Torbjörn, 1970-, et al.
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Changing Sexual Practices in New Intimate Relationships in Later Life – A Life Course Perspective
- 2014
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In: 8th International Conference on Cultural Gerontology. ; , s. 138-138
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- It has been argued that in late modernity sex has escaped its reproductive cage and people form pure relationships, based on mutual satisfaction. Ironically, although older people are per definition non-‐reproductive, they have often been neglected in studies on sexuality. In this paper we present results from 1) a qualitative interview study with a strategic sample of 28 63–91 year old Swedes currently dating or in a heterosexual relationship (married, cohabiting, LAT) initiated 60+ and 2) a quantitative survey including answers from 1225 60–90 year old Swedes. The interviews revealed a clear normative change, from a cultural context that condemned extra-‐marital sex in young adulthood to a context encouraging sexual relationships but not marriage in later life. All had experienced the sexual liberation of the 1960s, and today, these liberal attitudes seem to encompass later life. Today, an active sex-life is regarded as important for a good relationship and sexual attraction as seen as a precondition for new relationships. Many informants had interpreted sexual decline in former relationships as “natural" ageing”, but re-‐discovered sexuality with their new partner. In the survey, a majority (93 %) had had their sexual debut before marriage (despite the restrictive norms). Half or the respondents have had ≥ 4 sexual partners, and one in five ≥ 10. Sexual activity correlated negatively with relationship length. It has often been argued that sexual values and practices will become more liberal in the futur by cohort replacement. Our data indicates that “the future" might already be here.
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- Bildtgård, Torbjörn, 1970-
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Den "osynliga" måltiden
- 2009
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In: Hushållsvetaren. - 1651-0992. ; :4, s. 20-23:3, s. 43-46
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Journal article (pop. science, debate, etc.)
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- Bildtgård, Torbjörn, 1970-, et al.
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Gendered Ideals vs. Realities for Partner-Age Unions in Later Life
- 2015
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In: Aging Families/Changing Families.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper focuses on actual and ideal partner-age among older Swedes, from a gender perspective on age-homo/heterogamy. The paper is based on a survey to 60–90 year old Swedes, currently either singles or in a cross-gender relationship (married, cohabiting, LAT) (n=1225; response rate 42%). All analyses were made also separately for men and women. Results: Unions tend to follow a traditionally gendered age structure: 56% of men but only 16% of women have a younger partner. This age-pattern is more pronounced for those: in first unions (p<.001); in unions initiated before the 1970s (p<.01). There was no significant variation with union form or urbanity (modernity), and not with either education or income (power resources). Ideal partner-age correlates strongly (p<.001; R2=0,76) with actual partner-age for respondents in unions (ideal only slightly younger). Single men and women are freer to envision a younger partner: almost all (92%) single men and half of the single women (47%) prefer a younger partner (8,9 years younger on average for men; 2,2 for women). The proportion preferring a younger partner increases by age, leading to increasingly incompatible age ideals. The results will be discussed in relation to life-course theory; gender and power; the deinstitutionalization hypothesis.
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