mike,
here's info I found from the AARP. Man, if you can't trust them who can you trust? You were damn close on years. Congrats if you're in the 'cohort.' Rest of analysis looks pretty interesting too, but I'm off to Chicago Lake front for rest of Air show. Table of contents for any interested below.
Baby Boomers Envision Their Retirement: An AARP Segmentation Analysis --
Introduction and Background
The Baby Boom generation-the cohort of Americans born between 1946 and 1964-has long commanded the attention of demographers, politicians, marketers, and social scientists. Seventy-six million strong, Baby Boomers represent the largest single sustained growth of the population in the history of the United States. Their mass alone has had an enormous impact on the national psyche, political arena and social fabric. From the youth culture they created in the 1960s and 1970s to the dual-income households of the 1980s and 1990s, this generation has reinterpreted each successive stage of life. As the oldest of the Baby Boomers, now 52, approach later adulthood, they are again poised to redefine the next stage, retirement.
research.aarp.org
Table of Contents
Introduction and Background
Overview of the Research Design
Key Findings From The Survey
Unique Expectations for Retirement
Other Expectations
Focusing on Retirement and Reflecting Self-Reliance
Generational Differences
Optimism and Ambivalence
Polarization Within the Generation
Evaluating Social Security and Medicare
How The Segmentation Analysis Was Conducted
Figure 1. Total Baby Boomer Population by Segment
Figure 2. Selected Top Characteristics Of The Five Baby Boomer Segments
The Five Baby Boomer Segments
Comparison of Segments
Figure 23. Comparison of Groups Across Selected Items
Considerations and Conclusions
Baby Boomers in General
The Strugglers and the Anxious: "Have-nots" in a Polarized Society
The Enthusiasts
The Self Reliants
Today's Traditionalists
Self Reliants, Today's Traditionalists and the Workplace
Baby Boomers Envision Their Retirement: Conclusion |
