The ‘Lucky Few’ Reveal the Lifelong Impact of Generation

The often-overlooked generation of the "Lucky Few," those born from 1929 to 1945, exemplifies the connections between generation size and relationships to previous generations.

With Ron Lee, professor of demography and economics at the UC Berkeley.

With Linda Martin, senior fellow at RAND Corporation and adjunct professor of public health at Johns Hopkins University.

With Jay Bhattacharya, faculty member at the Center for Health Policy and Center for Primary Care Outcomes Research at Stanford University.

This e-newsletter reviews research sponsored by the National Institute of Aging, and other research, on how individuals make retirement decisions, the quality of these decisions, and their consequences.

This e-newsletter highlights work by National Institute on Aging-supported researchers and others that aims to understand the underlying causes of persistent disparities between socioeconomic status and health.

About one-half of the men and more than one-third of the women ages 50 or older in 10 European countries were overweight or obese.

The world's developing countries are in the midst of demographic transition: a shift from a period of high mortality, short lives, and large families to one with a longer life expectancy and far fewer children.

With Timothy Smeeding, director of the Center for Policy Research at Syracuse University.

Remarkable improvements in health care and higher incomes have benefited older Americans from all racial and ethnic groups, but significant gaps persist and have even widened among some groups.

Chinese adults who are cadres, or public officials who hold responsible or managerial positions in the party and government, had a significantly lower risk of death than other older Chinese.

This e-newsletter highlights work by National Institute on Aging-supported researchers and others that examines aspects of caregiver health, particularly negative health consequences and what can be done to ease caregiver burden.