AARP Global Aging Report
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
Focus: Global
A bimonthly newsletter covering a range of issues affecting older populations around the world including health, housing, intergenerational topics, economic security, and technology. Includes best practices, book reviews, and an international conference calendar.
Annual subscription of six issues costs $40; students and retirees pay $20. English; Published six times per year.
Aging Everywhere
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
Focus: Global
An overview of older populations around the world filled with international data gleaned from AARP's storehouse of information. Lots of charts and key economic, health, and social information.
Free to delegates and developing-country audiences. English; June 1998; 40 pages.
Between Zeus and the Salmon: The Biodemography of Longevity
National Research Council, Committee on Population
Focus: N/A
Deals with such diverse topics as the role of the elderly in other species and among human societies past and present, the contribution of evolutionary theory to our understanding of human longevity and intergenerational transfers, mathematical models for survival, and the potential for collecting genetic material in household surveys.
Cost is $39 from the National Academy Press. English; 1997; 296 pages.
Population Momentum Expresses Population Aging
Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs, Population Information Program
Focus: United States
Population momentum and population aging occur when an initially growing population experiences a reduction in fertility to replacement level. Momentum and aging express the same change, but on different scales. They are two manifestations of the underlying process of demographic transformation.
Free to developing-country audiences; $5 for all others. English; 1997; 4 pages.
Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Health in Late Life
Population Matters Program, RAND
Focus: United States
This paper examines race and ethnic disparities in health outcomes among older Americans using two important new data sets -- the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS), and the Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD).
English; 1998; 57 pages.
Russia's Demographic "Crisis": How Real Is It?
Population Matters Program, RAND
Focus: Russia
In conjunction with a much broader report, this RAND issue paper discusses why life expectancy in Russia, especially among working-aged males, has dropped precipitously. While many assume that the economic troubles that came with reform are responsible for current drops in life expectancy, long-term fertility trends are more responsible than any economic occurrence since the fall of communism in 1992.
English; 1997; 5 pages.
What Birth Dearth? Why World Population is Still Growing
Population Action International
Focus: Global
This fact sheet describes current demographic trends, the diversity of these trends across regions, and the reasons why world population continues to grow.
Free of charge. English; 1998; 4 pages.
The Women's Health and Aging Study
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
Focus: United States
Health and social characteristics of older women with disabilities.
Free of charge; available online at: http://www.nih.gov/nia/edb/whasbook/title.htm. English; 1995; 177 pages.
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