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How do older Americans spend their time?
Rachel Krantz-Kent
Economist, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
E-mail: Krantz-Kent.Rachel@bls.gov
Jay Stewart
Research Economist, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
E-mail: Stewart.Jay@bls.gov
Older Americans’ time use changes dramatically with age, but it is the lower employment rates at older ages—rather than age itself—that matter most.
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American Time Use Survey (ATUS)
Variations
in time use at stages of the life cycle.—Sept.
2005.
Trends in job demands among older workers, 1992–2002.—Jul.
2004.
Labor force
participation of older women: retired? working? both?—Sept
2002
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