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Most Middle-Aged Adults Are Rethinking Retirement Plans

Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 EST

In the midst of a recession that has taken a heavy toll on many nest eggs, just over half of all working adults ages 50 to 64 say they may delay their retirement -- and another 16% say they never expect to stop working.

Different Age Groups, Different Recessions

Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 EST

Older adults are living through what for them has been a kinder, gentler recession -- relatively speaking. They are less likely than younger and middle-aged adults to say that in the past year they have cut back on spending; suffered losses in their retirement accounts; or experienced trouble paying for housing or medical care.

Luxury or Necessity? The Public Makes a U-Turn

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST

From the kitchen to the laundry room to the home entertainment center, Americans are paring down the list of familiar household appliances they say they can't live without.

Before the Great Recession, a Phantom Recovery

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST

The eight-year period from 1999 through 2007 is the longest in modern U.S. economic history in which inflation-adjusted median household income failed to surpass an earlier peak.

Testimony of Paul Taylor, Executive Vice President, Pew Research Center to the Senate Finance Committee

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST

Pew Research Center Executive Vice President Paul Taylor's full testimony to the Senate Finance Committee.

Women Call the Shots at Home; Public Mixed on Gender Roles in Jobs

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST

They say it's a man�s world. But in the typical American family, it�s the woman who wears the pantsuit.

America's Four Middle Classes

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST

The Top of the Class, the Satisfied Middle, the Anxious Middle and the Struggling Middle � what unites and divides the majority of Americans who call themselves �middle class.�

Baby Boomers: The Gloomiest Generation

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST

America's baby boomers are in a collective funk. Members of the large generation born from 1946 to 1964 are more downbeat about their lives than are adults who are younger or older, according to a new Pew Research Center Social and Demographic Trends survey.

The Middle Class Blues

Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

When it comes to anxiety about family finances, an old truism applies: Where you stand depends on where you sit. Or, more precisely, on where your house or apartment sits.

Feeling Guilty

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Most Americans say they're not saving as much as they should -- but they're apparently not worried enough to do much about it, according to federal economic data and a recent survey by the Pew Research Center's Social & Demographic Trends project.