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Peer reviewedHerd, Pamela – Gerontologist, 2005
Purpose: The potential effects of implementing three different minimum benefits in Social Security, which have accompanied proposals to privatize the program and reform family benefits, are examined in relation to the adequacy of benefits for women reaching age 62 between 2020 and 2030. Design and Methods: The 1992 Health and Retirement Study is…
Descriptors: Females, Retirement, Privatization, Poverty
Peer reviewedUhlenberg, Peter; Myers, Mary Anne P. – Gerontologist, 1981
Suggests reasons for expecting an increase in the divorce rate for the population over age 65. Knowledge about the effects of marital status upon well-being suggests that being divorced or separated is detrimental to one's social and economic welfare in old age. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Comparative Analysis, Demography, Divorce
