Growing Old in America: Expectations vs Reality

The Pew Research Center has just released a 152 page report detailing the research results from a telephone survey of a nationally representative sample of 2,969 adults living in the US. The survey was conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International.

It is pointless attempting to summarise such a long document, especially since I haven’t yet read it, but, from first glances it looks to contain some interesting ideas. The report covers

• Demographics of Older Adults
• Perceptions of Old Age
• The Daily Lives of Older Americans
• Family and Friends
• Intergenerational Relations within Families
• Work and Retirement
  

So when is somebody ‘old’? Amusing results.

When I have worked my way through the detail I will comment. The report is free so there is no excuse for not downloading. Dick Stroud