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 Older Workers, Costs of Older Workers, Job Skills and Demands According to analysis of 2002 Health and Retirement Survey data,"18 percent of older workers reported that their jobs require lots of physical effort all or almost all of the...  more Data from the 2007 National Study of Business Strategy and Workforce Development shows that 47% of employers report that older employees/late career employees have higher leve...  more In a 2006 survey of employers, respondents indicated that "the greatest potential risk identified with the exodus of mature workers is the corresponding departure of senior le...  more According to a 2007 AARP report, 36.5% of workers 62 and older work in a setting that requires interpersonal skills, compared with 39.6% of workers ages 50-61, 36% of workers...  more According to a 2007 AARP report, 43.6% of workers 62 and older worked at a job that required computer use, compared with 49.3% of workers ages 50-61, 44.9%% of workers ages 26...  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 a 2007 AARP report, 41.8% of workers 62 and older worked at a job with "any general physical demands*," compared with 39.2% of workers ages 50-61, 43.5% of worker...  more Results from a 2004 Pew survey on Internet use show that "older Baby Boomer Internet users (between 50-58 years old) are more like Generation X Internet users (between 28 and...  more According to a 2007 AARP report, "updating and using knowledge" was required in jobs held by 20.4% of workers aged 50-61, and 17.3% of those aged 62 or older.  Among youn...  more According to a 2007 AARP report, 43.6% of workers 62 and older worked at a job that required computer use, compared with 49.3% of workers ages 50-61, 44.9%% of workers ages 26...  more According to a 2007 AARP report, 41.8% of workers 62 and older worked at a job with "general physical demands," compared with 39.2% of workers ages 50-61, 43.5% of workers 26-...  more According to analysis of 2002 Health and Retirement Survey data, "about 1 out of 5 older workers strongly agreed that their jobs involve a lot of stress, and about 1 out of 6...  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 According to analysis of 2002 Health and Retirement Survey data, "About 6 out of 10 workers [ages 55-60] said they never lift heavy loads on the job, and about 4 out of 10 sai...  more A 2007 analysis of Health and Retirement Study data for Americans 45-75 found "about 43 percent of employed retirees who left long-term jobs and 29 percent of workers who had...  more      back to top For a print-ready file of all statistics for this topic, click here. 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