{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2157705259","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gns038","title":"Not Your Mother's Old Age: Baby Boomers at Age 65","display_name":"Not Your Mother's Old Age: Baby Boomers at Age 65","publication_year":2012,"publication_date":"2012-03-05","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2157705259","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gns038","mag":"2157705259","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22391869"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1093/geront/gns038","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gns038","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gns038","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S130337233","display_name":"The Gerontologist","issn_l":"0016-9013","issn":["0016-9013","1758-5341"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","jufo-3","ki-jl-2","medline","norway-2","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311648","host_organization_name":"Oxford University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311648","https://openalex.org/P4310311647"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Oxford University Press","University of Oxford"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The Gerontologist","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"editorial","indexed_in":["crossref","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5014740692","display_name":"Rachel A. Pruchno","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7440-4495","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7440-4495"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"R. Pruchno","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5014740692"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":4408,"currency":"USD","value_usd":4408},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":108,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"52","issue":"2","first_page":"149","last_page":"152"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11265","display_name":"Aging and Gerontology Research","score":0.47850000858306885,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3206","display_name":"Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11265","display_name":"Aging and Gerontology Research","score":0.47850000858306885,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3206","display_name":"Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11631","display_name":"Retirement, Disability, and Employment","score":0.35519999265670776,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3317","display_name":"Demography"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13695","display_name":"Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues","score":0.09799999743700027,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3600","display_name":"General Health Professions"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/36","display_name":"Health Professions"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/baby-boomers","display_name":"baby boomers","score":0.8980000019073486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/old-age","display_name":"old age","score":0.6179999709129333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/aging","display_name":"aging","score":0.7080000042915344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/retirement","display_name":"retirement","score":0.4090000092983246},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/medicare","display_name":"Medicare","score":0.7549999952316284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/life-course","display_name":"life course","score":0.5199999809265137},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/generational-change","display_name":"generational change","score":0.6660000085830688},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/health-and-longevity","display_name":"health and longevity","score":0.41200000047683716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/work-history","display_name":"work history","score":0.5820000171661377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/life-expectancy","display_name":"life expectancy","score":0.3240000009536743}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3019122810","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q797819","display_name":"Baby boomers","level":2,"score":0.9210899472236633},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.5398134589195251},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C74909509","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10387","display_name":"Gerontology","level":1,"score":0.4634409248828888},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138496976","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175002","display_name":"Developmental psychology","level":1,"score":0.44775599241256714},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2993970742","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q438946","display_name":"Age discrimination","level":2,"score":0.4345960319042206},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149923435","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37732","display_name":"Demography","level":1,"score":0.3455479145050049},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.3283883035182953},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.17892560362815857},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C4249254","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3044431","display_name":"Demographic economics","level":1,"score":0.09387508034706116},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145236788","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28161","display_name":"Labour economics","level":1,"score":0.07212585210800171},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.0720624029636383}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D000368","descriptor_name":"Aged","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D000375","descriptor_name":"Aging","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D005191","descriptor_name":"Family Characteristics","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D005260","descriptor_name":"Female","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006304","descriptor_name":"Health Status","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D009035","descriptor_name":"Mothers","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D011158","descriptor_name":"Population Growth","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D011788","descriptor_name":"Quality of Life","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D012179","descriptor_name":"Retirement","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false}],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1093/geront/gns038","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gns038","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gns038","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S130337233","display_name":"The Gerontologist","issn_l":"0016-9013","issn":["0016-9013","1758-5341"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","jufo-3","ki-jl-2","medline","norway-2","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311648","host_organization_name":"Oxford University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311648","https://openalex.org/P4310311647"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Oxford University Press","University of Oxford"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The Gerontologist","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:22391869","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22391869","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The Gerontologist","raw_type":"Editorial"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"score":0.4000000059604645,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/5","display_name":"Gender equality"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":19,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W176310052","https://openalex.org/W308409148","https://openalex.org/W1986368888","https://openalex.org/W2040186338","https://openalex.org/W2095649302","https://openalex.org/W2096743868","https://openalex.org/W2099988823","https://openalex.org/W2101955850","https://openalex.org/W2104620170","https://openalex.org/W2122332939","https://openalex.org/W2135501420","https://openalex.org/W2139058290","https://openalex.org/W2146238370","https://openalex.org/W2148885169","https://openalex.org/W2152621104","https://openalex.org/W2156556663","https://openalex.org/W2158330378","https://openalex.org/W2161629007","https://openalex.org/W2760840356"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3128323873","https://openalex.org/W2922106824","https://openalex.org/W4240349167","https://openalex.org/W2345428007","https://openalex.org/W7100333067","https://openalex.org/W2168802344","https://openalex.org/W7028641106","https://openalex.org/W2752128750","https://openalex.org/W6893321244","https://openalex.org/W4252719954"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Nearly":[0],"79":[1],"million":[2],"people":[3,39],"now":[4,65],"living":[5],"in":[6],"the":[7,20,23,32,54,97,222],"United":[8],"States":[9],"were":[10],"born":[11],"between":[12],"1946":[13],"and":[14,30,86,100,112,141,155,158,161,175,181,196,225],"1964":[15],"(Haaga,":[16],"2002).":[17],"In":[18],"2011,":[19],"first":[21],"of":[22,77,102,173,179,221,229],"Baby":[24,72,127,144],"Boom":[25,128],"cohort":[26],"reached":[27],"age":[28,202],"65,":[29],"for":[31,132,227],"next":[33],"17":[34],"years,":[35],"close":[36],"to":[37,51,118,152,184],"10,000":[38],"a":[40],"day":[41],"will":[42],"celebrate":[43],"their":[44,165,230],"65th":[45],"birthday.":[46],"The":[47,126],"generation":[48,55,129],"raised":[49],"according":[50],"Dr.":[52],"Spock,":[53],"whose":[56],"motto":[57],"once":[58],"was":[59],"\u201ctrust":[60],"no":[61],"one":[62],"over":[63],"30,\u201d":[64],"find":[66],"themselves":[67],"knocking":[68],"at":[69,201],"Medicare\u2019s":[70],"door.":[71],"Boomers":[73,145],"redefined":[74],"each":[75],"stage":[76],"life":[78,199],"as":[79,89,91,135,137],"they":[80,193],"experienced":[81],"it,":[82],"modifying":[83],"fashion":[84],"design":[85],"hair":[87],"length":[88],"well":[90,136],"key":[92],"societal":[93],"institutions.":[94],"They":[95,104,115,169,211],"questioned":[96],"underlying":[98],"values":[99],"attitudes":[101],"society.":[103],"influenced":[105],"education,":[106],"music,":[107],"race":[108],"relations,":[109],"sex":[110],"roles,":[111],"child":[113],"rearing.":[114],"are":[116,146,194],"about":[117,123],"change":[119],"what":[120],"we":[121],"know":[122],"old":[124],"age.":[125],"is":[130],"significant":[131],"its":[133,138],"size":[134],"distinct":[139],"social":[140],"demographic":[142],"characteristics.":[143],"more":[147,150,159,214,228],"highly":[148],"educated,":[149],"likely":[151],"occupy":[153],"professional":[154],"managerial":[156],"positions,":[157],"racially":[160],"ethnically":[162],"diverse":[163],"than":[164,235],"predecessors":[166],"(Frey,":[167],"2010).":[168],"have":[170,197,212],"higher":[171],"rates":[172,178],"separation":[174],"divorce,":[176],"lower":[177],"marriage,":[180],"gave":[182],"birth":[183],"fewer":[185],"children":[186],"(Hughes":[187],"&":[188,206],"O\u2019Rand,":[189],"2004).":[190],"On":[191],"average,":[192],"healthier":[195],"longer":[198,218],"expectancies":[200],"65":[203],"(Freedman,":[204],"Martin,":[205],"Schoeni,":[207],"2002;":[208],"Manton,":[209],"2008).":[210],"had":[213],"varied":[215],"work":[216,226],"histories,":[217],"transitions":[219],"out":[220],"labor":[223],"force,":[224],"adult":[231],"years":[232],"(Quinn,":[233],"2010)":[234],"previous":[236],"generations.":[237]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":15},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-31T12:09:11.096373","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}