Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Illustrations -- Chapter 1 Attitudes -- Television Remains the Most Important Source of News -- Internet Is Most Important Source of Science News -- Religious Beliefs Shape the Perspectives of Older Americans -- Younger Generations Support Gay Marriage -- Most Americans Do Not Trust Others -- Millennials Are Least Likely to Be Conservative -- Many Think Their Income Is below Average -- Younger Generations See a Better Future -- Millennials Socialize the Most -- Chapter 2 Education -- Boomers Are Still Boosting Educational Attainment -- Boomers Rank Third in Educational Attainment -- Most Boomers Have Been to College -- Older Americans Are the Least Educated -- Among Boomers, Asians Are the Best Educated -- Most Older Americans Lack College Experience, Regardless of Race or Hispanic Origin -- Few Boomers Are Still in School -- Most Americans Say Their Health Is Very Good or Excellent -- Chapter 3 Health -- Weight Problems Are the Norm for Boomers -- Smoking Declines in Older Age Groups -- Many Middle-Aged Americans Lack Health Insurance -- Health Problems Are Common among Boomers and Older Americans -- Most Boomers Are Taking Prescription Drugs -- Few Middle-Aged Americans Are Disabled -- Most Americans Have Seen a Health Care Provider in the Past Year -- Heart Disease and Cancer Are the Biggest Killers -- Chapter 4 Housing -- Homeownership Rate Has Declined -- Homeownership Rises with Age -- Married Couples Are Most Likely to Be Homeowners -- Most Boomers Are Homeowners, Regardless of Race or Hispanic Origin -- Most Boomers Live in a Single-Family Home -- Mobility Rate Is Low among Boomers -- Chapter 5 Income -- Income Is Declining for Households Headed by 45-to-64-Year-Olds -- Household Income Begins to Decline in the 50-to-54 Age Group.

Income Is below Average for Householders Aged 65 or Older -- Among Boomers, Asians and Non-Hispanic Whites Have the Highest Incomes -- Incomes of Older Americans Are Low Regardless of Race or Hispanic Origin -- Married Couples Have the Highest Incomes -- Incomes of the Middle Aged Have Declined -- Boomer Men Are Past Their Peak Earning Years -- Women's Incomes Are Flat through Middle Age -- Few Older Men Work Full-Time -- Older Women Have Low Incomes -- Earnings Rise with Education -- Older Americans Depend on Social Security -- Poverty Rate Is below Average for Middle-Aged and Older Americans -- Chapter 6 Labor Force -- Labor Force Participation Is Rising among Older Americans -- Boomers Are Fewer than One-Third of Workers -- Among Boomer Men, Hispanics Have the Highest Labor Force Rate -- Most Boomer Women Are in the Labor Force -- Most Boomer Couples Are Dual Earners -- More than Half the Nation's Managers Are Aged 45-Plus -- Many Workers Have Part-Time Jobs -- Few Boomers Are Self-Employed -- Job Tenure among Older Workers Is Rising -- Most Minimum-Wage Workers Are Young Adults -- Few of Today's Workers Are Represented by a Union -- Number of Workers Aged 65 or Older Will Soar During the Decade -- Chapter 7 Living Arrangements -- Most Boomer Households Are Headed by Married Couples -- Household Composition among Boomers Varies by Race and Hispanic Origin -- Boomer Households Are Shrinking -- Few Boomers Still Have Children under Age 18 at Home -- Boomers Account for More than One-Third of People Who Live Alone -- Living Arrangements Differ by Generation -- Divorced Population Peaks among Boomers -- Divorce Is Highest among Men and Women in Their Fifties -- Chapter 8 Population -- Boomers Are No Longer the Largest Generation -- Boomers Are Less Diverse than Younger Americans -- Rapid Growth Is Projected for the Older Population.

Minorities Are Close to Becoming the Majority -- Many Boomers Live in Their State of Birth -- Largest Share of Baby Boomers Lives in the South -- Young Adults Are Least Likely to Vote -- Chapter 9 Spending -- Spending Has Declined for Most Households -- Householders Aged 45 to 54 Are the Biggest Spenders -- Householders Aged 55 to 64 Spend More than Average -- Householders Aged 65 or Older Can Be Big Spenders -- Retirees Spent More in 2013 than in 2006 -- Chapter 10 Time Use -- Leisure Time Is Expanding for Boomers -- Leisure Time Expands Greatly in the Older Age Groups -- Chapter 11 Wealth -- Net Worth Continues to Decline -- Financial Asset Value Has Declined in Every Age Group -- Nonfinancial Assets Are the Basis of Household Wealth -- Most Households Are in Debt -- Americans of All Ages Are Worried about Retirement -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

After more than six decades of breaking the rules established by their elders, the Baby-Boom generation and older Americans are one and the same. In 2014, Boomers spanned the ages from 50 to 68, accounting for 24 percent of the total U.S. population and 71 percent of the population aged 50 or older. The eighth edition of The Baby Boom: Americans Born 1946 to 1964 includes in its pages, for the first time, a statistical profile of the U.S. population aged 50 or older-absorbing the New Strategist reference book Older Americans: A Changed Market into one volume. Boomers already dominate the older market, and they're transforming it as they take charge. The Baby Boom: Americans Born 1946 to 1964 is your strategic guide to the generation and how it is changing what it means to be old.

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