05197oam 2200577 450 99633910710331620230315142433.01-937737-19-51-4619-1119-2(OCoLC)812012396(MiFhGG)GVRL6AKA(EXLCZ)99267000000025800820120924d2012 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrThe baby boom Americans born 1946 to 19647th ed.Ithaca New Strategist Publications, Inc.2012Ithaca, N.Y. :New Strategist Publications, Inc.,2012.1 online resource (xiii, 334 pages) illustrationsAmerican Generations SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-937737-06-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Table of Contents; Tables; Illustrations; Introduction; Chap. 1 Attitudes; Boomers Are Most Likely to Say They Are Not Too Happy; Table 1.1 General Happiness, 2010; Table 1.2 Happiness of Marriage, 2010; Table 1.3 Is Life Exciting, Routine, or Dull, 2010; Table 1.4 Trust in Others, 2010; Belief in Hard Work Is Strong Across Generations; Table 1.5 How People Get Ahead, 2010; Table 1.6 Geographic Mobility since Age 16, 2010; Older Americans Are Doing Far Better than Middle-Aged or Younger Ones; Table 1.7 Social Class Membership, 2010; Table 1.8 Family Income Relative to Others, 2010Table 1.9 Satisfaction with Financial Situation, 2010Table 1.10 Job Satisfaction, 2010; The American Standard of Living Is Falling; Table 1.11 Parents' Standard of Living, 2010; Table 1.12 Standard of Living Will Improve, 2010; Table 1.13 Children's Standard of Living, 2010; Two Children Are Most Popular; Table 1.14 Ideal Number of Children, 2010; Table 1.15 Spanking Children, 2010; Table 1.16 Better for Man to Work, Woman to Tend Home, 2010; Table 1.17 Working Mother's Relationship with Children, 2010; Table 1.18 Should Government Help the Sick, 2010; Religious Diversity Is on the RiseTable 1.19 Attitude toward Science, 2010Table 1.20 Attitude toward Evolution, 2010; Table 1.21 Religious Preference, 2010; Table 1.22 Degree of Religiosity, 2010; Table 1.23 Belief in the Bible, 2010; Table 1.24 Bible in the Public Schools, 2010; Growing Tolerance of Sexual Behavior; Table 1.25 Premarital Sex, 2010; Table 1.26 Homosexual Relations, 2010; Table 1.27 Gay Marriage, 2010; Television News Is Most Important; Table 1.28 Main Source of Information about Events in the News, 2010; Table 1.29 Political Leanings, 2010; Table 1.30 Political Party Affiliation, 2010Most Support Abortion if a Mother's Health Is EndangeredTable 1.31 Favor or Oppose Death Penalty for Murder, 2010; Table 1.32 Favor or Oppose Gun Permits, 2010; Table 1.33 Legalization of Marijuana, 2010; Table 1.34 Support for Legal Abortion by Reason, 2010; Table 1.35 Doctor-Assisted Suicide, 2010; Chap. 2 Education; Boomers Now Rank Third in Educational Attainment; Table 2.1 Educational Attainment by Generation, 2010; Most Boomers Have Been to College; Table 2.2 Educational Attainment of Baby Boomers, 2010; Older Boomer Men Are among the Best EducatedTable 2.3 Educational Attainment of Baby-Boom Men, 2010Most Boomer Women Have Been to College; Table 2.4 Educational Attainment of Baby-Boom Women, 2010; Among Boomer Men, Asians Are the Best Educated; Table 2.5 Educational Attainment of Baby-Boom Men by Race and Hispanic Origin, 2010; Among Boomer Women, Hispanics Are the Least Educated; Table 2.6 Educational Attainment of Baby-Boom Women by Race and Hispanic Origin, 2010; Few Boomers Are Still in School; Table 2.7 School Enrollment by Sex and Age, 2010; Nearly 1.4 Million Boomers Are Still in CollegeTable 2.8 College Students by Age and Enrollment Level, 2010The enormous size of the Baby-Boom generation ensures that when it sneezes the nation catches a cold. Today, the United States has pneumonia, struggling to recover from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. The collapse and subsequent paralysis of the housing market has decimated the net worth of Boomers, millions of them on the brink of retirement. The seventh edition of The Baby Boom: Americans Born 1946 to 1964 is your strategic guide to the changing socioeconomic status of this important generation of Americans.American generations series.Baby boom generationUnited StatesStatisticsBaby boom generationUnited StatesEconomic conditionsStatisticsConsumersUnited StatesStatisticsConsumer behaviorUnited StatesStatisticsBaby boom generationBaby boom generationEconomic conditionsConsumersConsumer behavior305.2New Strategist Publications Inc1016328MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK996339107103316The Baby Boom2377475UNISA