Aging & Work Facts Database

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

• A sentence with a fact/statistic.
• The full citation so you can locate the source of the statistic (e.g., article, report, etc.).
• A short description of the study connected to the fact/statistic.
• And, in some cases, a figure representing the facts or statistics, such as a bar graph.

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 In 2003, for 15.4% of persons age 65 and above had completed less than a 9th grade education, 36.2% had graduated from high school and 17.4% had bachelors or advanced degree...  more According to a 2008 BLS report, "in 1997, 21 percent of employed older workers had less than a high school education compared to only 10 percent of those ages 25-64. By 2007,...  more According to a 2008 Metlife survey, "most of those in encore careers come from professional and white-collar jobs (88%), have at least a college education (67%), and tend to l...  more Analysis of data from U.S. Statistical Abstracts shows that, "in 1960, fewer than one in ten young adults were enrolled in college. By 2005, one in four adults age 22-24 was e...  more Analysis of data from the 2002 National Study of the Changing Workforce shows that "among older workers, the odds of being very satisfied with life are 63.6% higher for female...  more According to the "A Work-Filled Retirement" survey, "workers with college degrees (74%) outpace both those with either some college education (59%) and those with no more than...  more According to analysis of the 2002 National Study of the Changing Workforce, 38 percent of men and 28 percent of women over the age of 50 had four year college degrees or more...  more “Small business owners (50 years or older) are more likely to have college degrees than workers in either of the other two groups. Indeed, 54 percent of small business own...  more In 2000, 96.2% of persons age 50-61, 90.9% of persons age 62-74, and 87.2% of persons age 75 and above, were high school graduates and had incomes in top 25%....  more In 2000, 66.7% of persons age 50-61, 56.3% of persons age 62-74, and 53.2% of persons age 75 and above, were high school graduates and had incomes in bottom 25%....  more A 2006 analysis of data from the General Social Survey shows that in 2002, 18.9% of workers aged 55-65 were overqualified for their jobs by 3 or more years; that is, they had...  more      back to top For a print-ready file of all statistics for this topic, click here. 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