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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 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 According to 2008 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the total number of persons who worked part-time in nonagricultural industries is higher for women than men in all...  more In 2005, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the percentages of individuals filing discrimination charges based on race, sex, and disability were 35...  more According to a 2006 analysis of the Health and Retirement Study, which surveyed Americans who were aged 51-61 in 1992, "90 percent of the men and 75 percent of the women worke...  more According to a 2009 telephone survey of almost 3000 adults, among adults ages 50 to 64 who are employed fulltime, "six-in-ten women working full-time in this age group say the...  more A 2008 analysis of Current Population Survey data shows that among men aged 55 to 64 who received income from a pension or retirement savings plan during 2007, 37.4% were empl...  more In 2002, female wage and salary workers age 55 to 64 and 65 and above had worked for their employers for a median of 9.6 and 9.5 years, respectively. Approximately 23.4% age 5...  more According to a 2005 analysis of data from the National Study of the Changing Workforce, "men report that they have been in the labor force for more years than women (mean for...  more According to 2008 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, number of unemployed persons was highest for among those aged 25-34, with 1,119,000 men and 830,000 women reporting...  more According to a 2009 survey by the National Alliance for Caregiving, "caregivers are predominantly female (66%). They are 48 years of age, on average. A large majority of care...  more According to a 2009 analysis of data from the Current Population Survey, "although the poverty rate for all persons aged 65 and older was just 9.7% in 2008, 12% of women aged...  more According to a 2009 analysis of U.S. Labor Department data, "In 2007, seven in ten Hispanic men ages 50-69 participated in the labor force (by working or looking for work), ne...  more According to a 2009 Sloan Center on Aging and Work analysis of data from the Panel Study on Income Dynamics, "as they approach retirement age (roughly age 65), older adults te...  more According to a 2009 Sloan Center on Aging and Work analysis of data from the Panel Study on Income Dynamics, "at the highest levels of income and wealth, hours of paid work dr...  more According to a 2009 Sloan Center on Aging and Work analysis of data from the Panel Study on Income Dynamics, married males (of all ages) work more hours for pay (an average of...  more According to a 2009 Sloan Center on Aging and Work analysis of data from the Panel Study on Income Dynamics, over 95 percent of adults in each of the four categories [male-fem...  more According to a 2009 Pew survey, among workers aged 65 and older, "about 12% of older women and 25% of older men do some kind of work for pay. As a group, working older women a...  more According to a 2009 Pew survey, among the respondents "nearing retirement age--ages 50 to 61--a 63% majority think they might have to delay retirement because of the recession...  more According to a 2009 Pew survey, "among adults 65 and older, nearly identical proportions of men (75%) and women (76%) are retired and not working. About three-quarters of whit...  more According to a 2009 Pew survey, "according to a 2009 Pew survey, "women are somewhat more likely than men to say they expect to do volunteer work when they are older (83% of w...  more According to a 2009 Sloan Center on Aging and Work analysis of data from the Panel Study on Income Dynamics, "as they approach retirement age (roughly age 65), older adults te...  more According to a 2009 Sloan Center on Aging and Work analysis of data from the Panel Study on Income Dynamics, unmarried women under age 50 spend 32 hours per week on paid work,...  more According to a 2009 analysis of US Current Population Survey data, show that among men aged 55 to 64 who received pension income in 2008, 37.2% were employed full or part time...  more According to a 2009 analysis of US Current Population Survey data, "among men 65 to 69 years old, the percentage who were employed rose from 26% in March 1990 to 30% in March...  more According to a 2009 analysis of US Current Population Survey data, "between 1990 and 2008, employment remained generally steady among men 55 to 61 years old, and then fell in...  more According to a 2009 analysis of US Current Population Survey data, "between 1985 and 2008, the labor force participation rate among men aged 65 and older increased from 15.8%...  more According to a 2009 study comparing GenY and Boomer employees, 86% of women and 84% of men report that having a range of new experiences is an important aspect of work. "Seven...  more According to a 2009 study comparing GenY and Boomer employees, "57 percent of African-American Boomers surveyed had mothers who worked compared with 31 percent, 35 percent and...  more According to a 2009 study comparing GenY and Boomer employees, "forty-six percent of Boomers had a stay-at-home mother, and only 56 percent had a mother who worked throughout...  more According to a 2009 Sloan Center on Aging and Work analysis of data from the Panel Study on Income Dynamics, married women under age 50 spend 26 hours per week on paid work, t...  more A 2009 analysis of Current Population Survey data shows that "in 2007 there was a 59.5 percent difference in the median incomes among men and women aged 55-64 and a 57.6 perce...  more According to a 2008 AARP survey, "women are more likely than men to have considered delaying their retirement (40% versus 29%)" due to recent changes in the economy. (p. iii)...  more In a 2008 survey of older adults, women were slightly more likely than men to report social and psychological reasons for working.  For example, 71% of women and 69% of m...  more In a 2008 AARP survey of older adults, among reasons for working relating to future financial needs, 65% of men and 63% of women mentioned saving more for retirement as a reas...  more A 2008 survey of U.S. adults shows that older Americans are more likely than younger ones to have lived in four or more states. Looking at the combined impact of age and gende...  more A 2008 analysis of Social Security Administration data shows that in 2006, 38.1% of men aged 62 to 64 were receiving Social Security retired worker benefits. Among women, the...  more A 2008 analysis of Social Security Administration data shows that 71% of men and 75% of women who began receiving Social Security retired worker benefits in 2006 applied for b...  more In a 2008 analysis of CPS data, "across all age groups women faced higher rates of underemployment" [defined as either unemployed, discouraged, involuntary part-time, or earn...  more According to a 2008 analysis of retirement resources of women aged 55-64, "in 2004, 42 percent of men aged 55-64 had employer-based retiree health insurance compared with 35 p...  more According to a 2008 analysis of retirement resources of women aged 55-64, "in 2004, 63 percent of women aged 55-64 had participated in a pension plan during their working life...  more According to a 2008 analysis of retirement resources of women aged 55-64, "the labor force participation rates for women both at ages 55-61 and 62-64 have seen dramatic increa...  more According to a 2008 analysis of retirement resources of women aged 55-64, "women aged 55-64 became somewhat more diverse with respect to race and Hispanic origin over the past...  more According to a 2008 analysis of retirement resources of women aged 55-64, "between 1984 and 2004, the proportion of women aged 55-64 who were married decreased slightly from 7...  more According to a 2008 analysis of retirement resources of women aged 55-64, "about 13 percent of women aged 55-64 in 2004 had less than a high school education compared with 32...  more A 2008 analysis of Census Bureau data shows that "in 2007, 42.6 percent of men age 65 and over received annuity and/or pension income, with a mean amount of $18,293 per year....  more A 2008 analysis of Current Population Survey data shows that in March 2008, 73% of men and 63% of women aged 55 to 61were employed. Fifty-two percent of 62- to 64-year-old me...  more In a 2008 AARP survey of older workers, 31% of men and 36% of women ranked the ability to work from home as an essential part of their ideal job. (Table 9, p. 54)...  more According to a 2008 analysis of CPS data, "among men aged 55 to 61, 73% were employed in March 2008, compared with 72% in March 1990. Employment among women aged 55 to 61 rose...  more According to a 2008 BLS report, "earnings of workers 65 and older have long been below those of all workers. In 1979, median weekly earnings for full-time workers age 65 and o...  more According to a 2008 BLS report, "in 1977, about one-third of employed women 65 and older were married, but by 2007, married women accounted for nearly one-half of these worker...  more According to a 2008 BLS report, "between 1977 and 2007, employment of workers 65 and over increased 101 percent, compared to a much smaller increase of 59 percent for total em...  more According to a 2006 report on sources of income for older persons, "older men were twice as likely (42.6 percent) as older women (21.7 percent) to have income from pensions an...  more According to a 2008 analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics and Current Population Survey data, in 2007, the labor force participation rate for men aged 55-59 was 77.8%, compar...  more Based on a 2008 analysis of data gathered from the Health and Retirement Study, 18% of men and 14% of women in full-time career positions who received inheritances (particular...  more According to a 2008 analysis of CPS data, 52% of 62- to 64-year-old men were employed in March 2008, compared with 42% in March 1990. The proportion of 62-64-year-old men who...  more According to a 2008 analysis of CPS data, 17% of men aged 55 to 64 were receiving pension income in 2007; this represents a decline from 19% who received such income in 2000....  more In a 2008 AARP survey of older workers, enjoyment of working or enjoyment of the job was reported as a major reason for working by 69% of the male and 71% of female respondent...  more According to a 2008 AARP survey of older workers, "planning to work for pay during retirement is more likely among men (73%) than women (63%) and among older workers with hous...  more According to a 2008 AARP survey of older workers, "seven out of every ten workers cite enjoyment as a major factor explaining why they work.  When asked to name the singl...  more According to a 2008 analysis of HRS data, "between 1998 and 2004, the fraction of 65 to 67 year old men who were completely retired (working less than 99 hours per year) decli...  more According to a 2008 analysis of CPS data, men 65 to 69 were about six percentage points less likely to be retired in 2004 than in 1992. " (p. 4)...  more According to a 2008 analysis of Social Security Administration data, "37% of men and 35% of women aged 55 to 64 who received income from a pension in 2007 were employed in Mar...  more According to a 2008 analysis of Social Security Administration data, "in 2006, 38.1% of men aged 62 to 64 were receiving Social Security retired worker benefits. This was 8.7...  more Based on a 2008 analysis of data gathered from the Health and Retirement Study, "wage-and-salary women in blue-collar, non-highly-skilled jobs were more likely than those in w...  more Based on a 2008 analysis of data gathered from the Health and Retirement Study, approximately 19% of male wage-and-salary workers in white-collar, highly-skilled positions tra...  more Based on a 2008 analysis of data from the Health and Retirement Study, less than 10% of male wage-and-salary workers making less than $10/hour switched to self-employment, whi...  more In a 2008 analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women, 53% of African-American women reported good health during the years from midlife (ages 30-44...  more In a 2008 analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women, "a larger proportion of African-American than white women (41 percent vs. 31 percent) were em...  more In a 2008 analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women, in 2001 when most of the women were in retirement ages (ages 64-78), "among whites, unmarried...  more In a 2008 analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women, "the poverty rate for African-American women in 1967, when they were in midlife (aged 30-44),...  more In a 2008 analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women, in 2001 when most of the women were in retirement ages (ages 64-78), nearly one-third of them...  more In a 2008 analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women, in 2001 when most of the women were in retirement ages (ages 64-78), the poverty rate was thr...  more Based on a 2008 analysis of CPS data, the results "showed that the predominance of working poverty as a form of underemployment was especially pronounced among nonmetropolitan...  more Based on a 2008 analysis of CPS data, there is a "higher prevalence of underemployment* among older-aged workers in non-metropolitan areas" compared to those in metropolitan a...  more According to a 2008 analysis of Health and Retirement Study data from 1992-2004, the prevalence of self-employed full-time career (FTC) workers has increased for both men and...  more Based on a 2008 analysis of data gathered from the Health and Retirement Study, "transitions into self employment were relatively common among college-educated men, where 22%...  more Based on a 2008 analysis of data from the Health and Retirement Study, male and female wage-and-salary workers are less likely to become self-employed if they describe their h...  more Based on a 2008 analysis of data gathered from the Health and Retirement Study, 17% of female full-time career (FTC) workers in self-employment positions in 1992 were still in...  more Based on a 2008 analysis of data gathered from the Health and Retirement Study, 23% of male full-time career (FTC) workers in self-employment positions in 1992 were still in t...  more Based on a 2008 analysis of data gathered from the Health and Retirement Study, 17% of female full-time career (FTC) workers in wage-and-salary positions in 1992 were still in...  more Based on a 2008 analysis of data gathered from the Health and Retirement Study, 11% of male full-time career (FTC) workers in wage-and-salary positions in 1992 were still in t...  more According to a 2008 analysis of Health and Retirement Study data from 1992-2004, approximately 25% of full-time career (FTC) male and female workers transitioned from self-emp...  more According to a 2008 analysis of Health and Retirement Study data from 1992-2004, workers aged 63-73 were more likely to be male or female self-employed full-time career (FTC)...  more According to a 2008 analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey data, the labor force participation rates for both women and men ages 55 and older have in...  more In a 2008 AARP survey of older adults, 75% of women and 78% of men considered "need the money" as a major reason for working.  The need to maintain health insurance cover...  more A 2007 analysis of Census Bureau Data shows that "female labor-force participation rates for those ages 55-59 and 60-64 increased sharply from 1975-2006. The 1975 rate for fem...  more According to a 2007 analysis of HRS data, 66 percent of the self-employed age 51 and above are male compared with 49 percent of wage and salary workers.  (p. 12)...  more In a 2007 analysis of data from the Work Schedules and Work at Home Survey, the percentages of employed women and men aged 25-54 reported that they had flexible schedules were...  more In a 2007 analysis of data from the Health and Retirement Study to examine the experiences of retirees who were aged 51 to 61 in 1992 and therefore who were 61 to 71 in 2002,...  more In a 2007 analysis of data from the Health and Retirement Study to examine the experiences of retirees who were aged 51 to 61 in 1992 and therefore who were 61 to 71 in 2002...  more In a 2007 analysis of data from the Health and Retirement Study to examine the experiences of retirees who were aged 51 to 61 in 1992 and therefore who were 61 to 71 in 2002,...  more In a 2007 analysis of data from the Health and Retirement Study it was found that "Men [58%] and women [62%] who rated their health as excellent or very good were more likely...  more In a 2007 analysis of data from the Health and Retirement Study, focusing on the War Baby cohort (born 1942-1947), it was found that 37 percent of women with medium-low wage r...  more According to a 2007 study of employee benefits trend, "being able to afford health care in retirement, the top concern for all employees, is far more important to females (73%...  more According to a 2007 study of employee benefits trends, "Women are more concerned about outliving their retirement money -- 62% versus 45% for males." Similarly, 57% of women r...  more According to a 2007 analysis of U.S. Census data by the Congressional Research Service, "in March 2007, 49% of men aged 62 to 64 were employed. Of men aged 65 to 69, 33%, we...  more According to a 2007analysis of U.S. Census data by the Congressional Research Service, "In 2006, 91% of men and 76% of women aged 25 to 54 participated in the labor force. In...  more In a 2007 analysis of Health and Retirement Study data, James and Spiro found that, among men ages 63 to 73, the disabled had average depression levels (abbreviated CES-D) of...  more According to a 2007 AARP survey, "35% of workers 60 years of age or older reported working part-time, while significantly fewer younger workers reported similar arrangements (...  more According to a 2006 report, "The drop in male [pension] participation rates [from 55% in 1979 to 45% in 2004] was caused by declines in union membership and employment at larg...  more According to a 2006 survey of older workers, "Overall, respondents expect to live to a median age of '81-85.' This estimate is in keeping with today's average life...  more According to a 2006 survey, " women (43%) are more likely than men (30%) to work because they need the income to live on. And single (64%) and divorced (61%) employees are alm...  more According to 2006 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the labor force participation rate for men aged 25-54 was 90.6%. For men aged 55-64, the rate was 69.6%.  For...  more A 2006 study by Chesley and Moen found that "more women (13.4%)  than men (9.6%) [of middle-class, dual-earner couples] provide care consistently…, whereas more men (67...  more A 2006 analysis of data from the National Survey of the Changing Workforce indicates that "men age 50 or older (45 percent) are more likely than women (35 percent) to indicate...  more According to a 2005 analysis of data from the National Study of the Changing Workforce, "about one of every eight male employees 50 or more years old (13 percent) exhibit self...  more A 2005 analysis of data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to examine the experiences of retirees who were aged 51 to 61 in 1992 and therefore who were 61 to 71 in 200...  more According to a 2005 Census Bureau report, in 1990, 14.2% of men and 48.6% of women age 65 and above were widowed. In 2003, 14.3% of men and 44.3% of women age 65 and abov...  more According to a 2005 report from the U.S. Census Bureau, the labor force participation rate among single women age 65 and above decreased from 19.7% in 1970 to 9.7% in 199...  more In a 2005 analysis of data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to examine the experiences of retirees who were aged 51 to 61 in 1992 and therefore who were 61 to 71 in...  more In a 2005 study using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to examine the experiences of retirees who were aged 51 to 61 in 1992 and therefore who were 61 to 71 i...  more A 2005 analysis of data from the National Study of the Changing Workforce indicates that “…women, 50 or more years old, are as likely as older male employees to hold manag...  more According to a 2005 analysis of data from the National Study of the Changing Workforce, “women (30 percent) are somewhat more likely than men (25 percent) to work at local w...  more According to a 2005 analysis of data from the National Study of the Changing Workforce, “…wage and salaried employees, 50 or more years old, are more likely to be women (5...  more According to a 2005 report, "older female employees tend to live in households with lower family incomes than their male counterparts. In 2002, the average (mean) annual incom...  more According to a 2005 analysis of data from the National Study of the Changing Workforce, "older men (80 percent) are more likely than older women (62 percent) to be married or...  more According to a 2005 analysis of data from the National Study of the Changing Workforce, “among workers (50 or more years old) wage and salaried employees are much more likel...  more According to a 2005 survey, 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...  more According to a 2005 analysis of CPS data, the use of flexible schedules varies by gender, with higher percentages of men reporting use than women in every age group. 31.2% of...  more According to a 2005 Census Bureau report, in 2003, 56.5%, 31.6%, 8% and 3.9% of persons (both men and women) age 65 and above were married, widowed, divorced, and never m...  more According to a 2005 analysis of data from the National Study of the Changing Workforce, “men age 50 or older (45 percent) are more likely than women (35 percent) to indicate...  more According to a 2005 analysis of data from the National Study of the Changing Workforce, among employees 50 years or older, men were more likely to be very satisfied (46%) with...  more According to a 2005 analysis of data from the National Study of the Changing Workforce, both men and women 50 years and older report similar levels* of job pressure.  17%...  more According to a 2005 analysis of data from the National Study of the Changing Workforce, over 50% of men and women (52%) reported having access to a moderate level of flexible...  more According to a 2005 analysis of data from the National Study of the Changing Workforce, the majority of both male (65%)and female (62%) employees 50 or more years old would pr...  more According to a 2005 report, "over half - 53 percent - of primary caregivers are adult daughters, compared to 43 percent of non-caregivers." (p.3)...  more According to a 2005 analysis of data from the National Study of the Changing Workforce, "while 79 percent of married/partnered women, 50 years and older, live in dual-earner h...  more According to a 2005 analysis of data from the National Study of the Changing Workforce, "older women earn 55 cents for every dollar that men earn from all hours worked at all...  more In a 2005 analysis of data from the National Study of the Changing Workforce, "only 80 percent of the women compared with 91 percent of the men have access to health insurance...  more According to a 2005 analysis of data from the National Study of the Changing Workforce, "despite the relative privileges at the workplace reported by older male employees, 37...  more According to the 2005 Work-Filled Retirement survey, "men are more likely than women to believe they will rely on personal savings (25% vs 20%) or on employer-sponsored pensio...  more According to a 2005 AARP survey of adults aged 50 and older, more men respondents (21%) had heard of phased retirement than women respondents (17%). (p.9)...  more According to the 2005 National Study of Employers, “although small employers are equally likely (or “unlikely” if you will) to offer any replacement pay to men during pa...  more In 2005, 49.0% of the population was male and 51.0% of the population was female. In 2005, 49.0% of individuals aged 45-54 were male and 51.0% were female. In 2005, 47.6% of i...  more According to a 2005 Census Bureau report, "in 1950, 59.9 percentage points separated the labor force participation rates of men and women [aged 55 to 64] (86.9 percent and 27....  more According to a 2005 analysis of data from the National Study of the Changing Workforce, "among older employees, men are more likely (33 percent) than women (28 percent) to rep...  more In a 2004 study, 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...  more According to a 2004 report from the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, “male caregivers are more likely to be working full or part-time than female caregivers (66% v...  more According to a 2004 analysis by Mulvey, "... the existence of a phased retirement program increases the average retirement age among women by 21 months.  For men, phasing...  more According to a 2004 Watson Wyatt survey, "phasing after age 65--typically considered normal retirement age--is not uncommon, with 17 percent of phasers being age 65 or older....  more In 2004, 51% of full time male workers and 51.9% of full time female workers had pension coverage. (p.3, Fig.3)...  more In 2003, 68.7% and 18.6% of men age 55 to 64 and 65 and above, respectively, participated in the labor force. By 2012, these numbers are projected to be 69.9% and 20.8%, respe...  more In 2003, 7.7% of men and 12.4% of women age 65 and above lived in poverty....  more In 2003, 17.8% of men and 10.2% of women age 65 and above were employed....  more According to a 2003 analysis of Current Population Survey data,  about four of every ten men and about three of every ten women between the ages of 55 and 64 who received...  more According to analysis of 2003 CPS data "self-employment is more common among men than women" (p. 16) in all age groups. Among "unincorporated* self-employed" workers aged 65...  more According to a 2003 analysis of the 2001-02 American Productivity Audit, lost productive time due to back pain is higher in younger men; almost 3% of men in the 18-39 age rang...  more According to a 2003 analysis of the 2001-02 American Productivity Audit, lost productive time due to headache was highest in males and females in younger age groups; for examp...  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 a 2002 AARP report, the poverty rate for female persons age 50 and older decreased by 24.3% from 13.9% in 1980 to 10.5% in 2000.  The poverty rate for male p...  more According to a 2002 AARP report, the percentage of uninsured poor persons age 50 to 64 decreased by 0.6% from 71.49% in 1988 to 71.08% in 2000. The percentage of uninsured poo...  more According to a 2002 AARP report, the percentage of uninsured persons age 50 to 64 increased by 31.7% from 10.61% in 1988 to 13.98% in 2000. The percentage of uninsured males a...  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 In 2002, 38.3% of Hispanic male workers aged 45 to 64 had pension plan coverage, compared with 52.9% of Black male workers and 55.6% of White male workers in the same age rang...  more In 2002, 55% and 24.9% of all male workers age 45 to 64 and age 65 and above had pension plan coverage. At the same time, 51.7% and 26.2% of all female workers age 45 to 64 an...  more According to a 2002 AARP report, the labor force participation rate of men age 50 and older decreased by 7.0%, from 55.2% in 1980 to 51.62% in 2000.  The labor force part...  more According to a 2002 report from The Conference Board, men older workers (37 percent) were three times as likely as the women (12 percent) to indicate an interest in working as...  more According to a 2002 analysis a Conference Board survey, among exempt (salaried) employees who indicated an interest in reducing their hours and working part-time, more wanted...  more According to a 2002 AARP report, in 1999, 65.4% of female workers between age 50 and 64 worked full-time all year; they earned a median income of $27,040. In 1999, 29.2% of...  more In a 2001 survey of employees in large US companies, 51% of employees work off-site on a regular basis. Of those, 67% are men and 33% are women. Among those who classify th...  more In 2001, 28.8% of male and 23.5% of female full-time wage and salary workers age 55 and above reported that they had flexible schedules at their primary jobs....  more According to a 2001 report from EBRI, "the majority of working women (70 percent in 2000) are concentrated in two industries: services, 49.0 percent, and wholesale/retail trad...  more "In the 2001 Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS), when asked if they had saved for retirement, 69% of working women said yes, compared with 74 percent of working men." (Chart 5...  more In 2000, 17.5% of men and 9.4% of women age 65 and older participated in the labor force....  more According to a 2000 report, among employess currently in the workforce, "85% of men and 65% of women usually work 35 or more hours a week for 50 or more weeks per year...About...  more In a 1999 analysis of HRS data, "For full-time wage and salary workers approaching retirement age who had pension coverage, median pension wealth on the current job was 76% gr...  more In 1999, female full-time, year-round workers between age 50 and 64 earned 63% of the income earned by male full-time, year-round workers in the same age group. In 1999, fem...  more In 1980, the unemployment rate of women age 65 and above was 3.1%. In 2003, it was 3.6%. In 1980, the unemployment rate of men age 65 and above was 3.1%. In 2003, it was 4%...  more      back to top For a print-ready file of all statistics for this topic, click here. 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