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Focusing on the War Baby cohort (Giandrea, Cahill, and Quinn (2007) found that 37 percent of women with medium-low wage rates ($6-$per hour in in were working bridge jobs in 2004, compared to 31percent women earning low wages (less than $6 per hour), 32 percent of women earning medium-high wages ($10-$20 per hour), and 28 percent of women earning high wages ($20 or more per hour). (Table 8)
Giandrea, M. D., Cahill, K. E., & Quinn, J. F. (2007). An update on bridge jobs: The HRS war babies (Working Paper No. 407). Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved October 30, 2007 from http://www.bls.gov/ore/abstract/ec/ec070060.htm
"This paper explores the retirement patterns of a younger cohort of individuals from the HRS [Health and Retirement Study] known as the "War Babies" These survey respondents were born between 1942 and 1947 and were 57 to 62 years of age at the time of their fourth bi-annual HRS interview in 2004." (p.2)
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