Questions Abour Boomers And Related Issues
By : Jeri Maier
Question
I am a graduate student working on a research
project that focuses on the age co-hort of
50-59. My specific topic is to find what the
changing roles/attitudes are of people in
their 50's concerning politics. What are the
major issues facing people in their 50's? How
have their attitudes towards politics changed
over the years?
Thanks for your help!
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Question
How many people were born between 1946 and 1964
globally (not only US)?
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Question
I am looking for Marketing Statistics and general
demographical information regarding Baby Boomers
for a TV program proposal for the US Cable TV
market.
Can you help point me in the right direction?
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Question
What are the expected ramifications on the labor
market in the U.S. with the boomers have as they
continue to age?
Answer
Boomers are more educated than their parents' generation.
They are more health concious, in tune with nature,
youth oriented and looking forward to early retirement.
(if they can afford to) Some boomers can not afford to
retire but will be forced to by companies wanting to cut
cost by replacing them cheaper, younger college grads.
(This strategy is only providing them with short term
benefit because it will take time for learning curb
and these young people will also move on after they
learn the rope or migrate with family).
Many boomers would like to retire and or work part
time or own business. Many expressed desire
to go back to school to change their career to something
else more in tune of what they really want to do.
If you look at these statistics and the one down below
within the next 5 to 10 years... these populatons
will either retire or only work.. part time...
By 2020, the number of people 55 and older will
have soared by 73%, while the prime working-age
group will have grown just 5%. With this situation,
unless the existing working population and the new
college grads can make up for Boomers..there will
be some labor shortages in some fields...
Other ramifications of boomers toward national health
care, finance and taxation and education.
By the year 2020, one fifth of the U.S.
population will be 65-plus. A major challenge
of managing the health care of this aging cohorts.
* Generation trailing boomers is smaller and less
educated; its contribution to income tax revenue
will be less.
* Majority of echo boomers (baby boomers' children)
will enter college just as tax revenue declines.
Compensation and Benefits
* Health care costs rise as workers age
* Base salary and number of vacation days rise with
tenure
* Most pensions are based on number of years worked
and employee's final salary
* Company's matches in a defined contribution plan
rise with age, as older workers tend to contribute
a greater percentage of their
larger paychecks.
Productivity Concerns
* Will output suffer as workers age?
* Will there be enough qualified younger workers
to replace boomers?
* Will the shrinking percentage of younger
workers generate enough revenue to fund benefits
now accruing to older workers?
* Sources: Los Angesles Times Articles
By PATRICE APODACA,
Monday, June 8, 1998 COLUMN ONE
Question
Where do you think Baby Boomers would like to
go for vacation or trips?
Answer
From our observation and informal survey,
boomers favourite places they like to travel
to:
1) Cruise (Calibean, Alaska, Mexico,
Greece, Europe)
2) Europe.
3) Eco-tour.
4) Motorhome / RV tour around the U.S.
5) Hawaii
6) Atlantic City
7) Florida and Disneyworld
8) Winery Tour.
9) Africa
10) Australia, New Zealand.
11) Southeast Asia, East Asia and South Pacific.
13) Middle East, Egypt, Morroco, Russia.
Question
I am a tail-end boomer. Born between 1960
and 1965. I am looking for any information on
Canadian demographics or other sites directly
relating to tail-enders. Does anyone know of
any good sites regarding these topics?
Answer
Search YahooCanada on 'demographic and canada'
will give you these web sites listed below.
GLIN - The Great Lakes Information Network
- Regional cooperative project to establish a binational
data and information service spanning environmental quality,
resource management, transportation, demographic,
and economic development data, information and resources in
the Great Lakes region of the U.S. and Canada.
City of Guelph
- surrounded by the Great Lakes and just 100 km (60 miles)
from Toronto. Includes information on business development,
public transit, demographics, recreation, tourism,
and meeting schedules.
City of Cornwall -
Economic Development
- a business profile of the City of Cornwall. Features
include demographics, tourism, and real estate
information, business news, and a list of
manufacturing industries.
Newspaper Audience Databank Inc. (NADbank)
- research arm of the Canadian newspaper industry, is a
resource for Canadian demographics and statistics.
Foot, David K
- current research interests are in the
interrelationships between economics and demographics,
and the implications for private and public policy.
Manitoba's Central Plains Region
- information on communities in the Central Plains
region of Manitoba. Demographics, features, attractions.
Town of Taber - Urban Community Profile
- includes information on local business, industry,
resources, recreation, history, local amenities,
demographics and statistics.
For information about Late Boomers who were born between 1960 and 1965, try
this site about the CUSP by Roger Wilson's :
On The Cusp
Tweeners Web Site
For people who are born between 1960 - 1965
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Where on your site can I find great gift ideas for women?
Answer
Go to our Baby Boomers Business Web Ring
http://boomersint.org/boomring.html OR
Boomers MarketPlace
http://boomersint.org/marketpl.htm
Question
Chuck Nyren said you might be able to help me
find my target market of women between the ages of
45-65 or just baby boomers by location. The product
seems to only appeal to baby boomers and I am trying
to find the highest concentration locations in Calif.
The census bureau has for Calif. but they not broken
down by area! Do you know of any other place I can
look to complete my plan?
Any info would be appreciated. - Chris
Answer
There are several web sites that you can search
for demographics info. including our own
Boomers Articles
These sites provides indepth marketing info.
Demographics
US News
Bureau Of Statistics
(Us Gov't) with sample data below:
Boomers Boom in these cities (% of total populations)
Santa Fe 35.1%
Anchorage 34.2%
Denver 32.8%
Seattle 31.5%
Atlanta 31.4%
Washington/ 31.4%
Baltimore
Portland/Salem 31.2%
Oregon
Kokomo, Ind. 31.0%
York, Pa. 30.9%
San Francisco 30.8%
Portland, Maine 30.8%
Sources: Census Bureau, State and
Methopolitan Area Data Book
1997-1998 and USA Today.
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How Do I Get Info for Coney Island?
Answer
There are many good web sites: Try these :
Coney Island History Articles - at UCLA.
and Other Amusement Parks.
Coney Island Page by Bruce and his friends.
http://www.angelfire.com/co/cascole/coney.html
Questions
Subj: Tatoo's
Date: 98-08-30 23:06:50 EDT
From: BizBros
To: BoomersInt
As a Baby Boomer and working on getting my
Graduate Degree, I need some help in gathering
some information about Tatoo's! Yes, I have a
few of them but am interested in others my age
who have them. My first Tatoo's came at the
age of seventeen while I was in the Navy.
After 37 years, Imjust got a couple of more.
I still like them. My wife isn't crazy about
them and thinks I'm a bit old for this type of
behavior!
What I need are thoughts and feelings about
the reasons for getting them in the first place
and then what your feelings are about them after
many, many years. My E-mail address is:
Bizbros@AOL.com
Basic info is age, sex and feelings about you
getting and having Tatoo's.
Thanks in Advance
PS. Any written material concerning this
topic is appreciated.
Answer
We are trying to research some materials about
Tatoos since we, here at BI have no first hand
or body experience with Tatoos at all...:)
I am wondering whether you should post your
note on AOL Boomer Board... they have wide variety
of subjects and AOL Boomers are happy and willing
to share with you. They are friendly bunch.
Listed below are some of the web site for Tatoos
although they are generalize in nature.
Tatoos Page
created by: Colin Ochel (http://ziris.syr.edu/dj/dj.tatoos/tatoos.html)
From there you can find some beautiful and
meaningful graphics of tatoos and also a page
where people posted their thoughts and feelings
about tatoos.
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I am 30 year old student. For a Communications
project: As the year 2000 approaches, what are
some of the needs (goods, services) that a baby-boomer
looks for? What products and services, the baby
boomers would likely to need or want to buy?
Answer
Boomers are more health concious, in tune
with nature, youth oriented and looking forward to
early retirement. (if they can afford to)
1. Retirement home.
2. Gardening related products, plants, pools
and or ponds etc.
3. Gifts for children (household goods, clothings).
4. Comfortable clothes and shoes.
5. Healthy food products, vitamins,
organic fruits, vegetables, juices etc.
6. Travel and travel related products, Cruise trip.
Eating out at different restaurants.
7. Visiting children where they live, etc.
Vacation which will include car rental,
hotel, motels, etc.
8. Exercise product and equipments
9. Collectable cars and wine collection.
Antique, jewelries and collectables, .
10. Retire and work on own business.
11. Many women and some men would like products
and services that will make them look and
feel young.
12. Most boomers said if they can afford it,
they would consider plastic surgery and
antia-aging skin-care.
13. Glooming products, teeth (whitening), hair coloring.
14. Self Help seminar, financial planning seminar,
15. Many expressed desire to go back to school.
Question
Thank you for the information you have provided
me. I am a student writing a research paper on
whether Generation X-er's have a more optimistic
view of the American Dream than their Baby Boomer
parents did. While I was researching my topic, I
came across your web site.
I will be extremly grateful if you could reply
to this e-mail with answers to ANY of the following
questions:
--- What was the "American Dream" (AD) (or, the
outlook for the future) of Baby Boomers when
they were approximately 16-30 years old?
--- How does this view of the AD compare to how
Gen. X-er's view it today?
--- How were Baby Boomers influenced on how their
future (AD) would turn out? Was it through their
parents, teachers, society, culture?
--- How have Gen. X-er's been influenced on their AD?
--- Who has/had the more optimistic AD?
--- Did the AD come true for the Baby Boomers?
Thank you again for your time and for the help you
have already given me.
Answer
--- Go to college, get a good paying job, raise a family,
Change the world for the better.
--- Probability of Gen. X-er's and Baby Boomers enjoy
the same American dream are high.
--- Baby Boomers were influenced by all of what you
mentioned especially their parents and later on
their own peers and cohorts and their own rebellious
against "The Establishment". Baby Boomers, however
are in the mainstream and become more conservative
as they get older.
--- Gen. X-er's are influenced heavily by the new social
structure and their yearnings of their idealogy.
Question
PLEASE! Can you tell me where I can
find VCR recordings of the TV show adventures in
Paradise? I looked on the Fifties Page link..
Shokus Vidios, but they did not have it. I know
that about a year ago I found a link on an Oldies
page to a site that sold Oldies TV shows, as Amos
and Andy, and such and the guy had this show listed.
But I lost that computer to a storm and no longer
have the bookmark. Do you have a suggestion as to
where to look?
Thanks
Answer
Try contacting any of these collectors:
Mike LeBell's Video
75 Fremont Place
Los Angeles, CA 90005
PH: (213) 938-3333
FAX: (213) 938-3334
or eMail them at:
MLVIDEO@AOL.COM
Bob McCrea - Video Collection
This collector sells and trades videos.
He has over 15,000 movie titles
to choose from. eMail address:
bpm123@nb.net
Movies Unlimited
Complete sellers of classic videos
3015 Darnell Road, Philadelphia, PA 19154
1-800-4-MOVIES
Video Flicks
A lot to choose from and easy to order.
http://www.videoflicks.com/index.htm
Englewood Entertainment
Great collection of sci-fi/horror movies.
http://www.englewd.com/invaders.html
Question
I have two statistical questions regarding baby
boomers. Approximately how many living U.S. citizens
are baby boomers? What percentage of the total U.S.
population does this fugure represent?
I would very much like to find US birthrates from
1940-1950. ie, How much did the actual birthrate
rise in 1946 vs post and prior years. I believe
Baby Boom began long befoe 1946. Any ideas? I was
concieved on December7, 1941.
Answer
Here is the complete population growth rate
for the US:
http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/nation/popclockest.txt
Historical National Population Estimates: July 1, 1900 to July 1, 1997
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census
Internet Release date: April 2, 1998
National Population Average Annual
Date Population Change Percent Change
July 1, 1997 267,636,061 2,456,650 0.92
July 1, 1996 265,179,411 2,418,772 0.92
July 1, 1995 262,760,639 2,468,202 0.94
July 1, 1994 260,292,437 2,539,735 0.98
July 1, 1993 257,752,702 2,750,875 1.07
July 1, 1992 255,001,827 2,877,465 1.13
July 1, 1991 252,124,362 2,684,817 1.07
July 1, 1990 249,439,545 2,620,315 1.06
July 1, 1989 246,819,230 2,320,248 0.94
July 1, 1988 244,498,982 2,210,064 0.91
July 1, 1987 242,288,918 2,156,031 0.89
July 1, 1986 240,132,887 2,209,092 0.92
July 1, 1985 237,923,795 2,098,893 0.89
July 1, 1984 235,824,902 2,032,908 0.87
July 1, 1983 233,791,994 2,127,536 0.91
July 1, 1982 231,664,458 2,198,744 0.95
July 1, 1981 229,465,714 2,241,033 0.98
July 1, 1980 227,224,681 2,169,194 0.96
July 1, 1979 225,055,487 2,470,942 1.10
July 1, 1978 222,584,545 2,345,120 1.06
July 1, 1977 220,239,425 2,204,261 1.01
July 1, 1976 218,035,164 2,061,965 0.95
July 1, 1975 215,973,199 2,119,271 0.99
July 1, 1974 213,853,928 1,945,140 0.91
July 1, 1973 211,908,788 2,012,767 0.95
July 1, 1972 209,896,021 2,235,344 1.07
July 1, 1971 207,660,677 2,608,503 1.26
July 1, 1970 205,052,174 2,375,228 1.17
July 1, 1969 202,676,946 1,970,894 0.98
July 1, 1968 200,706,052 1,993,996 1.00
July 1, 1967 198,712,056 2,151,718 1.09
July 1, 1966 196,560,338 2,257,375 1.16
July 1, 1965 194,302,963 2,414,172 1.25
July 1, 1964 191,888,791 2,646,993 1.39
July 1, 1963 189,241,798 2,704,061 1.44
July 1, 1962 186,537,737 2,846,256 1.54
July 1, 1961 183,691,481 3,020,323 1.66
July 1, 1960 180,671,158 2,841,530 1.59
July 1, 1959 177,829,628 2,947,724 1.67
July 1, 1958 174,881,904 2,897,774 1.67
July 1, 1957 171,984,130 3,081,099 1.81
July 1, 1956 168,903,031 2,971,829 1.78
July 1, 1955 165,931,202 2,905,348 1.77
July 1, 1954 163,025,854 2,841,662 1.76
July 1, 1953 160,184,192 2,631,452 1.66
July 1, 1952 157,552,740 2,674,851 1.71
July 1, 1951 154,877,889 2,606,472 1.70
July 1, 1950 152,271,417 3,083,287 2.05
July 1, 1949 149,188,130 2,556,828 1.73
July 1, 1948 146,631,302 2,505,231 1.72
July 1, 1947 144,126,071 2,737,505 1.92
July 1, 1946 141,388,566 1,460,401 1.04
July 1, 1945 139,928,165 1,530,820 1.10
July 1, 1944 138,397,345 1,657,992 1.21
July 1, 1943 136,739,353 1,879,800 1.38
July 1, 1942 134,859,553 1,457,082 1.09
July 1, 1941 133,402,471 1,280,025 0.96
July 1, 1940 132,122,446 1,242,728 0.95
July 1, 1939 130,879,718 1,054,779 0.81
July 1, 1938 129,824,939 1,000,110 0.77
July 1, 1937 128,824,829 771,649 0.60
July 1, 1936 128,053,180 802,948 0.63
July 1, 1935 127,250,232 876,459 0.69
July 1, 1934 126,373,773 795,010 0.63
July 1, 1933 125,578,763 738,292 0.59
July 1, 1932 124,840,471 800,823 0.64
July 1, 1931 124,039,648 962,907 0.78
July 1, 1930 123,076,741 1,309,741 1.07
July 1, 1929 121,767,000 1,258,000 1.04
July 1, 1928 120,509,000 1,474,000 1.23
July 1, 1927 119,035,000 1,638,000 1.39
July 1, 1926 117,397,000 1,568,000 1.34
July 1, 1925 115,829,000 1,720,000 1.50
July 1, 1924 114,109,000 2,162,000 1.91
July 1, 1923 111,947,000 1,898,000 1.71
July 1, 1922 110,049,000 1,511,000 1.38
July 1, 1921 108,538,000 2,077,000 1.93
July 1, 1920 106,461,000 1,947,000 1.85
July 1, 1919 104,514,000 1,306,000 1.26
July 1, 1918 103,208,000 -60,000 -0.06
July 1, 1917 103,268,000 1,307,000 1.27
July 1, 1916 101,961,000 1,415,000 1.40
July 1, 1915 100,546,000 1,435,000 1.44
July 1, 1914 99,111,000 1,886,000 1.92
July 1, 1913 97,225,000 1,890,000 1.96
July 1, 1912 95,335,000 1,472,000 1.56
July 1, 1911 93,863,000 1,456,000 1.56
July 1, 1910 92,407,000 1,917,000 2.10
July 1, 1909 90,490,000 1,780,000 1.99
July 1, 1908 88,710,000 1,702,000 1.94
July 1, 1907 87,008,000 1,558,000 1.81
July 1, 1906 85,450,000 1,628,000 1.92
July 1, 1905 83,822,000 1,656,000 2.00
July 1, 1904 82,166,000 1,534,000 1.88
July 1, 1903 80,632,000 1,469,000 1.84
July 1, 1902 79,163,000 1,579,000 2.01
July 1, 1901 77,584,000 1,490,000 1.94
July 1, 1900 76,094,000 --- ---
NOTES:
(1) National population data for the years 1900 to 1929 are only available
rounded to the nearest thousand.
(2) National population data for the years 1900 to 1949 exclude the
population residing in Alaska and Hawaii.
(3) National population data for the years 1940 to 1979 cover the resident
population plus Armed Forces overseas. National population data for
all other years cover only the resident population.
SOURCES:
Current Population Reports, Series P-25, Nos. 311,
917, 1095, and Population Paper Listing PPL-91.
Question
The site is spectacular. I give lectures to pastors
and church leaders on boomers and will certainly pass
along your site.
I have a question: Do you know where I might find a
video that shows some of the history of boomers (i.e.,
JFK assasination, duck and cover commercials, Nixon
resignation, Vietnam war, etc.)?
I would appreciate any help you can give me.
Answer
We have this info on our July 1998 copy of
our Newsletter :
http://cnn.com/almanac/9807/20/ CNN Almanac Site:
Change the YYMM/DD/ format 9807/08 for month and day
you want to see what happened on that day in the past
and also all the events from that to the week ahead.
American Memory: at Library of Congress: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/
Here you can find archive of Photos, Prints, Documents,
Motion Pictures, Maps and Sound Recordings of American
history collections.
Boomers International Web Site
http://boomersint.org
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