Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

4-25-2025

Keywords

aging population, gender differences, life expectancy, population projections, sex ratio

Disciplines

Developmental Psychology

Abstract

The experience of growing older in the 21st century is vastly different from the past. The advancement in technology, medicine, and lower rates of death at birth has allowed for the population to shift in size. The shift is specifically from the baby boomers generation, which refers to the increase in birth rate from 1940’s to the early 1960’s. This generation is aging and in recent years the first baby boomers began reaching retirement age.  This segment of the U.S. is the fastest growing, so it is essential to understand the growth of the aging population. This aging group is divided due to its immense diversity.

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