Aging & Work Facts Database

This database provides you with easy-to-access facts and statistics related to aging & work. Here you will find:

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SEARCH BY TOPIC: Age Bias and Employment Discrimination Business Strategies & Workforce Development Caregiving: Elder Caregiving: Employer-sponsored benefits for Caregiving: Other (grandchildren, spouse, dependents) Demographics: Age Distribution, Life Expectancy Education and Training Educational Attainment Employee Engagement & Job Satisfaction Employer-sponsored benefits (see also Caregiving) Employment Preferences Flexible Work Options (general) Flexible Work Options: Bridge Jobs Flexible Work Options: Consulting, Contract Work, Self-employment Flexible Work Options: Flexible Schedule Flexible Work Options: Leaves of Absence Flexible Work Options: Part-time Employment Flexible Work Options: Phased Retirement Flexible Work Options: Remote Work, Telecommuting, Telework Flexible Work Options: Work Redesign Gender Health: Health Behaviors Health: Health Care Costs Health: Health Insurance Health: Health Status Health: Workplace Injuries Income Knowledge Transfer Labor Force Participation Marital Status Medicare & Medicaid Mental Health Multi-generational Workplace Older Workers, Advantages of The Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) reports that 43 percent of its members think that the loss of talent associated with the retirement of baby boomers is a &#...  more In a 2006 survey of employers, 87 percent of the respondents indicated that they perceive the retention of aging workforce to preserve knowledge to be a very significant busin...  more A 2007 McKinsey survey found that the Boomer generation "not only is the best-educated, most highly skilled aging workforce in US history but also accounts for a disproportion...  more According to a 2007 AARP report, 34.4% of workers ages 62 and older had had a job that demanded "high cognitive ability," compared with 40.5% of workers ages 50-61, 37.6% of w...  more According to analysis of 2002 Health and Retirement Survey data, "most older workers face intense non-physical demands on the job. About 55 percent reported in 2002 that their...  more In a 2007 survey of employees, 74% of Mature workers and 70% of Baby Boomers rated being "Professional" as "extremely or very important" to workplace culture. In comparison,...  more In a 2007 survey of employees, 90% of Mature workers rated being "Ethical" as "extremely or very important" to workplace culture. In comparison, 84% of Baby Boomers, 83% of G...  more In a 2007 survey of employees, 56% of Mature workers and 54% of Baby Boomers perceived "Management Skills" to be an element of success in the workplace. In comparison, 45% o...  more In a 2007 survey of human resource professionals at over 500 organizations, 22.4 percent said it was very true that early-career employees were loyal to the company, compared...  more In the 2007 National Study of Business Strategy and Workforce Development, 26.5% of employers responded that it is "true/very true" that early-career employees have a high rat...  more In the 2007 National Study of Business Strategy and Workforce Development, employers responded that it is less likely that late-career employees would look outside the company...  more Employers in a 2007 study indicated that it was "very true" that late-career employees tend to have positive attributes such as high skill levels (46.7%), professional network...  more In a 2007 study, over 50% of employers felt it was "very true" that their late-career employees were loyal, reliable, possessed a strong work ethic, and had a low turnover rat...  more According to data from the 2007 National Study of Business Strategy and Workforce Development, employers respond that is it "very true" that their older adult/late career empl...  more Despite the fact that over half of the Benchmark organizations reported that knowledge transfer is a challenge, 41% had either not developed processes to transfer institutiona...  more “Among older employees, men are more likely (33 percent) than women (28 percent) to report having high job autonomy. Older women are more likely than men to report that they...  more “…women, 50 or more years old, are as likely as older male employees to hold managerial or professional positions (36 percent of men and 37 percent of women).” (p.5)...  more Seventy-two percent of the HR respondents to the Older Workers Survey indicated that one advantage to hiring older workers was their willingness to work different schedules. (...  more Information from the 2007 National Study of Business Strategy and Workforce Development indicates that 44.4% of employers report that it is "very true" that their older adult/...  more      back to top For a print-ready file of all statistics for this topic, click here. 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DOWNLOAD A FACT SHEET: The following Fact Sheets contain selected facts and statistics from the database ( PDF format): "Mental Health" (Sep 2007) "Bridge Jobs" (Aug 2007) "Part-time Work" (Jul 2007) "The Multi-Generational Workplace" (Jul 2007) "Phased Retirement" (Jun 2007) "Age Bias And Employment Discrimination" (Feb 2007) "Employer Sponsored Pensions" (Feb 2007) "Age and the Labor Force" (Jan 2007) "Social Security and Older Workers" (Jan 2007) "Voluntarism Among Older Adults" (Jan 2007) "Older Workers’ Preferences for Work & Employ-ment" (Oct 2006) "Elder Caregiving" (Oct 2006)   SEARCH BY keyword: back to top