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| Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics, 2010, Free
http://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/index.asp
An analysis of data from various U.S. government agencies pertaining to the health and welfare of children |
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| Urban Institute, November 13, 2008, Free
http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411792_childrens_savings_considerations.pdf
Butrica emphasizes design issues for Children's Savings Accounts that will enhance the positive impact of such accounts. |
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| Pension Research Council, 2009
http://www.pensionresearchcouncil.org/publications/document.php?file=802
The authors find that fewer than one-third of young adults possess basic knowledge of interest rates, inflation, and risk diversification. Financial literacy is strongly related to sociodemographic characteristics and family financial sophistication. |
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| U.S. Centers for Disease Control, December 2010 (NCHS Brief #51), Free
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db51.htm
The authors detail the childhood obesity epidemic in the U.S., which is worse among the poor, but not at all limited to the poor. |
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| AARP Public Policy Institute, October 2009, Free
http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/lifetuner.pdf
This report report reveals that financial issues constitute the greatest area of worry for young adults, though one they do not discuss much, even among their peers. |
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| Pew Research Center, December 2009, Free
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1437/millennials-profile
A study of the demographics and attitudes of twenty-somethings. |
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| Mr Youth and Intrepid, 2010, Free
http://www.millennialinc.com/Millennial_Inc_PRINTPDF.pdf
This study uses several techniques to answer the question: How will the workplace change when today’s “millennial” generation takes charge ? |
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| Pew Research Center, February 2010, Free
http://pewsocialtrends.org/assets/pdf/millennials-confident-connected-open-to-change.pdf
A teen and twenty-something Americans, which characterizes them as confident, self-expressive, liberal, upbeat and open to change. |
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| Pew Research Center, February 2010, Free
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1494/millennials-less-religious-in-practice-but-beliefs-quite-traditional
This study finds that while young American adults affiliate less with any particular faith and attend fewer religious services, their level of belief in God, heaven, and hell is comparable to that of their elders. |
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| Chicago Review Press, 2004, $16.95
http://www.amazon.com/Ex-Etiquette-Parents-Behavior-Divorce-Separation/dp/1556525516/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276273815&sr=1-7
A very good book on how to behave with your ex-spouse (and his or her new significant other), and how to cope as productively as possible when your ex is not behaving equally well. |
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| Routledge, 2006, $21.95
http://www.amazon.com/Its-My-Life-Now-Relationship/dp/0415953251/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276018932&sr=1-3
Dugan and Hock help survivors adapt to having escaped an abusive relationship, whether recently or long ago. |
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| GPP Life, 2009, $16.95
http://www.amazon.com/Hes-History-Youre-Not-Surviving/dp/0762751355/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275941712&sr=1-2
Manfred offers truly helpful, down-to-earth advice for women over 40 going through a divorce. |
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| U.S. Census Bureau, May 2011, Free
http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p70-125.pdf
Provides data using detailed demographic categories based on a survey of about 39,000 individuals. |
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| Boston College Center for Retirement Research, November 2009, Free
http://crr.bc.edu/images/stories/Working_Papers/wp_2009-25.pdf
Singleton finds that the effect of disability on divorce decreases with age, increases with education, and increases with disability severity. |
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| De Capo Press, 2004, $15.95
http://www.amazon.com/Widow-Thoughtful-Practical-Ideas-Rebuilding/dp/0738209961/ref=pd_sim_b_3
Ginsburg is concerned mostly with emotional adjustments, and approaches them in a very practical, very helpful way. |
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| Wordclay, 2009, $12.99
http://www.amazon.com/Life-after-Death-Learning-Spouse/dp/1604816139/ref=sr_1_119?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273514427&sr=1-119
Lessons from some who has been there. |
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| New Harbinger Publications, 2004, $10.65
http://www.amazon.com/Surviving-Death-Spouse-Step-Step/dp/1572243775
Levinson helps you deal in an orderly way with both the emotional and the practical consequences. |
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| New Horizon Press, 2010, $14.95
http://www.amazon.com/Widowers-Toolbox-Repairing-Losing-Spouse/dp/0882823450/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276031719&sr=1-3#_
Schaefer and Bekkers address the issues that uniquely affect men when their partners die. |
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| University of Michigan Retirement Research Center, September 2009, Free
http://www.mrrc.isr.umich.edu/publications/papers/pdf/wp211.pdf
Shapiro argues that neither reduced health nor widowhood (in either men or women) reduces economic well-being, since data shows that neither eventuality tends to lead to reductions in consumption. |
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| Gp Solo Aba, 2004, $59.00
http://www.amazon.com/Estate-Planning-Same-Sex-Couples-Burda/dp/1590313828/ref=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274892812&sr=1-24
Burda, addresses the specific estate planning issues that arise for same-sex relationships (also applicable to other unmarried people, including unmarried heterosexual couples, and sibling pairs or best friends who are living together in old age). |
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| Seal Press, 2004, $16.95
http://www.amazon.com/Lesbian-Couples-Creating-Healthy-Relationships/dp/1580051316/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276018529&sr=1-1#noop
Clunis and Green discuss commitment ceremonies and marriage, living arrangements, work, money, togetherness and separate identities, coming out to family and friends, resolving conflict and understanding each other. |
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| Movement Advancement Project (MAP) and Services & Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders (SAGE), March 2010, Free
http://www.lgbtmap.org/file/advancing-equality-for-lgbt-elders.pdf
Among other findings: lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older adults tend to be less financially secure, find it more difficult to achieve good health and get good health care, and are more likely to face social isolation. |
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| Backinprint, 2005, $17.95
http://www.amazon.com/Love-Between-Men-Enhancing-Relationships/dp/0595341462/ref=sr_1_31?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276018348&sr=1-31
This book is for you, if you are a gay man and you’d like to improve your relationship and communicate better with your boyfriend, lover, or even your next date. |
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| Wiley, 2002, $17.95
http://www.amazon.com/Why-Cant-Get-Along-Relationships/dp/0471388424/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276266788&sr=1-1
Using case histories drawn from his own clinical practice, Dr. Goldenthal helps us understand why adult siblings fight, and how to move past it. |
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| Dell, 2001, $14.00
http://www.amazon.com/Sibling-Revelry-Steps-Successful-Relationships/dp/0440508967
The authors, themselves siblings, show how to transform sibling rivalry into extraordinary, nurturing adult bonds that will enhance all other relationships in one's life. |
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| Three Rivers Press, New York, 2003, $15.00
http://www.amazon.com/SURVIVING-DEATH-SIBLING-Through-Brother/dp/0609809806/ref=sr_1_107?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273516230&sr=1-107
Wray addresses this common, but not commonly discussed, issue, suggesting ways of coping with the emotions it brings, and of dealing with insensitive remarks made by others. |
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