According to an AARP survey, "35% of workers 60 years of age or older reported working part-time, while significantly fewer younger workers reported similar arrangements (18% of 55-59 year olds and 11% of 50-54 year olds reported part-time). Significantly more females (26%) reported a part-time work schedule than their male counterparts (8%)." (p. 1)

Nelson, D. V. (2007) AARP bulletin poll on workers 50+: Executive summary. Washington DC: AARP Knowledge Management. Retrieved February 21, 2008 from http://www.aarp.org/research/work/employment/workers_poll.html

This telephone survey of a nationally representative sample of 510 age 50+ "workers" (employed full-time, part-time or temporarily unemployed) was conducted for AARP and the AARP Bulletin by International Communications Research (ICR) using its National Omnibus Survey between August 1st and 8th, 2007.

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