The NORC General Social Survey represents the central social indicator data collection device that is not an enumeration or registration procedure. It has serious limitations in design, but offers useful data on social and psychological correlates of age. A framework for looking at these correlates is noted and an abbreviated summary of the correlates is presented.
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