An Aging Society : Opportunity or Challenge?
An american woman reaching childbearing age in 1960 would expect 3.6 childen ; an identical woman in 1990 would expect only 1.9 children.
That dramatic demographic change makes it almost inevitable that the american population will age rapidly over the next 50 years. By 2025 the share of Florida's population that is of retire age today. The ratio of retire to workers will have risen by nearly two-thirds. Even more dramatic demographic changes are occurring aboard. the share of the japanese population that is 65 or over will rise from 11 percent to 19 percent over the next two decades if current fertility leavels in weast germany are maintained until 2050 , the population will not only age but shrink more than one-third
these demographic changes have aroused considerable anxiety in the united states. economic concerns have focused on the burden