老年社会学是介于社会学和老年学之间的一门边缘学科.它原是老年学的一个部分(老年学由老年生物学、老年医学、老年心理学和老年社会学组成).老年社会学的对象是研究老年人的社会生活(包括婚姻家庭生活)、社会活动、社会地位、社会作用、社会关系以及老年人的赡养、代际关系等一系列问题.老年社会学研究的一般重点主要有六项:一、老年人中不同群体的寿命、性别以及他们的家庭地位的变迁;二、国家的 Elderly sociology is a fringe discipline between sociology and gerontology, which was originally a part of gerontology (gerontology consists of gerontology, geriatrics, geriatric psychology and geriatric sociology). The object of study is to study a series of problems such as social life (including marriage and family life), social activities, social status, social functions, social relations, elderly support and intergenerational relations among the elderly. There are six: First, the aging of different groups of life expectancy, gender and their family status changes; Second, the national