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(2017) Gains in American young women’s well-being rose rapidly for members of the Baby Boom generation, but stalled for subsequent generations.
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Appalachia’s unemployment and poverty rates remain above levels seen before the economic downturn of 2007-2009, suggesting an incomplete economic recovery, especially in many of the Region’s most rural counties, according to a new PRB report for the Appalachian Regional Commission.
(2017) Most Americans say they want to age in place in their own communities, but their
health and ability to remain independent is shaped in part by their neighborhoods.
Neighborhood characteristics affect people of all ages, but older adults—classified here as adults over age 50—may be affected more than other groups.
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Research finds that a neighborhood’s physical features may be related to older residents’ health and ability to age in place.
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Audio: Having Friends, Socializing as Important to Good Health as Diet, Exercise
The more social ties people have at an early age, the better their health in young adulthood and old age, according to a 2016 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Two demographic groups—young adults ages 20 to 34 and older adults ages 65 and older—are reshaping the population in rural America.
The number of married same-sex couples in the United States has increased dramatically in recent years, as reported in a recent Bulletin on U.S.