A generation of change : a profile of America's older population /

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As modern medicine extends the average life span and the baby boom generation begins to approach middle age, the number of older Americans is expected to more than double in the next century. But as national trends toward early retirement and low birthrate continue, an aging American population coul...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Siegel, Jacob S. (Author), Gendell, Murray (Author), Hoover, Sally L. (Author)
Corporate Author: National Committee for Research on the 1980 Census
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [1993]
Series:Population of the United States in the 1980s.
Subjects:
Older people > United States > Social conditions.
Older people > United States > Statistics.
Age distribution (Demography) > United States.
Older people.
Population aging > United States.
Aged > United States > Statistics.
Aged
Personnes âgées > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Personnes âgées > États-Unis > Statistiques.
Vieillissement de la population > États-Unis.
Répartition par âge (Démographie) > États-Unis.
Personnes âgées.
elderly.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Population aging
Age distribution (Demography)
Older people
Older people > Social conditions
Population
Soziale Situation
Alter
Bejaarden.
United States > Population > Statistics.
United States
États-Unis > Statistiques démographiques.
USA
Statistics
Statistics.
Statistiques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Basic Dimensions of an Aging Population
  • 2. Sex, Race, and Ethnic Composition
  • 3. Geographic Distribution and Residential Mobility
  • 4. Longevity
  • 5. Health
  • 6. Marital Status, Living Arrangements, and Institutionalization
  • 7. Education, Work, and Retirement
  • 8. Economic Status
  • 9. Housing Charactertstics
  • 10. Summary, Prospects, and Implications.

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