Aging & Work Facts Database

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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) According to a 2008 analysis of HRS data, when a spouse provided care, he or she served as the primary caregiver to the individual in need. 87% of late-middle-aged adults, 84...  more A 2008 analysis of a study of couples and careers "reveals that one in two older workers (those aged 50 and above) have a dependent child in the household and one in five of t...  more Analysis of data from U.S. Statistical Abstracts shows that "sizable (and growing) proportions of the population are having children after they reach age 30 and fewer are havi...  more According to a 2006 MetLife report on caregiving costs, "at least 6 out of 10 employed caregivers reported that they had made some work-related adjustments as a result of thei...  more According to a 2006 MetLife report on caregiving costs, "nearly 60% of those caring for an adult over the age of 50 are working; the majority of those work full-time... The ma...  more According to a 2005 Pew Research Center survey, 50% of all boomers were raising one or more young children and/or providing primary financial support to one or more adult chil...  more The adjusted mean lost productive time (LPT*) for a family health reason was significantly higher in younger (less than 40 years of age) than older workers (40 or more years...  more According to the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, “older caregivers are more likely to say they have been providing care for 10 years or more compared to younger...  more Among 16,000 workers participating in a survey at a large company, caregivers reported an average of 7.7 hours absent from work during the 2-week study period. Among older w...  more Among 16,000 workers participating in a survey at a large company, approximately 5% of older workers (aged 55-64) reported being absent from work to care for an ill family mem...  more In a 2007 national study, 22.4% of the employers reported that they allow employees who are grandparents to access at least some employee benefits for the care that they provi...  more A study by Chesley and Moen (2006) found that "more women (13.4%)  than men (9.6%) [of middle-class, dual-earner couples] provide care consistently…, whereas more men (...  more "About two-thirds - 66 percent - of adults age 51 or older do not have any living parents, but they may have other family members, such as a spouse, sibling, or a friend, with...  more According to the 2003 Eldercare Survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), 74% of HR professionals reported their organization allows employees to u...  more In 2000, 5,772,000 grandparents in the U.S lived in a household with one or more grandchildren under age 18. Approximately 42% of them were responsible for their grandchildren...  more The Conference Board found that approximately 23 percent of older workers care for a parent, 22 percent care for a spouse, 21 percent care for a school-age child, and 8 percen...  more According to the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, “male caregivers are more likely to be working full or part-time than female caregivers (66% v 55%). (p.8)...  more "Among women and men of all ages, women ages 50 to 64 are the group most likely to be caring for sick and disabled family members.  Nearly one in five (18%) of these wome...  more      back to top For a print-ready file of all statistics for this topic, click here. 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 Older Workers, Costs of Older Workers, Job Skills and Demands Older Workers, Perceptions about Peformance, Productivity, Absenteeism Pensions and Retirement Accounts Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration Reasons for working Recruitment , Retention, Tenure, Turnover Retirement Income & Expenditures Retirement Planning Retirement Statistics Retirement, Timing of Social Security Unemployment Voluntarism

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