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    II. The Demography of Work

    Retirement? Not so fast! The nation’s older adults are less inclined now than at any time since the 1960s to give up on the working life.[2. numoffset=”2″ According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the labor force participation rate of people 55 and older averaged 40.0% for the first six months of 2009. That is […]

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    Methodology and Acknowledgements

    About the Authors Key Lehman Schlozman — Kay Lehman Schlozman serves as J.Joseph Moakley Endowed Professor of Political Science at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. She received a B.A. from Wellesley College and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. She is co-author of Injury to Insult: Unemployment, Class and Political Response […]

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    Will Political Engagement on Blogs and Social Networking Sites Change Everything?

    Introduction Thus far we have discussed online political activities for which there is a clear offline counterpart—for example, emailing a government official vs. sending a letter, or donating money online vs. doing so offline. A key finding of this analysis is that the ability to take action online is not necessarily bringing into political activity the […]

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    Coping With End-of-Life Decisions

    While most Americans approve of laws that say treatment can be stopped if that’s what a terminally ill patient desires, they are split on what they would do personally in that situation. Only 27% have put into writing their own wishes regarding end-of-life care.

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    Coping With End-of-Life Decisions

    While most Americans approve of laws that say treatment can be stopped if that’s what a terminally ill patient desires, they are split on what they would do personally in that situation. Only 27% have put into writing their own wishes regarding end-of-life care.

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    The impact of the internet

    There are any number of ways to assess the impact of the internet during a big, ongoing event like the recession. Our survey attempted to get at some them. The response from the majority of online Americans is that their internet use had not changed much and the things they did online did not have […]

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    III. The Past and Future Generational Status of Hispanic Children

    In 1980, about 6 million Hispanic children were in the U.S. By 2008, there were about 16 million. As Figure 2 shows, the strong growth in the number of Hispanic children since 1980 has been accompanied by important compositional changes in their generational status. In 1980, a majority of Hispanic children were third generation or […]

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    End-of-Life Decisions: How Americans Cope

    While most Americans approve of laws that say treatment can be stopped if that’s what a terminally ill patient desires, they are split on what they would do personally in that situation.

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    The Internet and the Recession

    Some 69% of Americans have used the internet to cope with the recession as they hunt for bargains, jobs, ways to upgrade their skills, better investment strategies, housing options, and government benefits.