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 “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 A 2007 analysis of Health and Retirement Study data for Americans 45-75 found "about 93 percent of employed retirees who left long-term employers said they enjoyed their new j...  more Data from the 2002 National Study of the Changing Workforce suggests that wage and salaried workers aged 54 and older are more likely to report being "very satisfied" with the...  more A 2007 analysis of data from the National Study of the Changing Workforce indicates that 37% of employees between the ages of 31-49 years report feeling "often/very often" ove...  more Information from the 2007 National Study of Business Strategy and Workforce Development indicates that 56% of workers aged 50 and older report a high level of job satisfactio...  more According to data from the 2007 National Study of the Changing Workforce, older employees (32%) are more likely to report high commitment to employers than either young employ...  more In a 2008 survey of over 2000 U.S. employees, flexible work options were believed to be related to happiness at work by 54% of workers of all ages combined. For specific gene...  more A 2007 study of employee benefits trends "reveals a strong correlation between benefits satisfaction and job satisfaction. Among employees who are "highly satisfied" with thei...  more Among organization metrics reported as "very important" to employers in a 2007 national survey, 27.3% indicated that employee satisfaction ratings are second in importance aft...  more According to analysis of the National Study of Business Strategy and Workforce Development, one quarter (25.5%) of respondents felt it was "very true" that their organizations...  more “Despite the relative privileges at the workplace reported by older male employees, 37 percent of older women state that they have “high” commitment to their employers i...  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. 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