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Title: The Demography of the Third Age

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Publication Year: 2006

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Abstract: With the publication of A Fresh Map of Life, Peter Laslett (1996) introduced the concept of the Third Age to a wide audience consisting of academics as well as lay people. With it, he pointed to an important change in modern societies brought on by the spectacular increase in longevity and in the accompanying increase in disability-free longevity that occurred during the twentieth century. Laslett used the Third Age to describe a newly emerging phase of life, in which productive activities largely cease or at least change, but in which the majority of people remain healthy and active in many ways. In this volume, the Third Age is defined as consisting of the period between age 65 and 79...

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Authors: Sorensen, Annemette

Editors: James, Jacquelyn Boone; Wink, Paul

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Volume Title: Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics: The Crown of Life: Dynamics of the Early Post-retirement Period 2006

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

Publisher Location: New York, N.Y.

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Aging and Retirement

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