Question

I am looking to contact men and women over 
60 years of age. 
They must be open and honest, net connected 
(any connection type) and have 15 minutes to 
spare every 2 weeks. Most importantly they 
must have a sense of humour. 
If they have this I guarantee a lot of fun and 
taking part in an experience that will be an 
ongoing enjoyable interactive part of their lives.
It will hopefully transform the way we see the
older generation. 
I was hoping you could include me in your newsletter, 
or help me by suggesting how I could contact a large
number of elderly people (preferably by email) in
one go. 
Please pass it on, (I need a lot of people!) 
Thanks 
Darren Harris   
dazharris@ntlworld.com

I am looking for Marketing Statistics and general
  
demographical information regarding Baby Boomers
 
for a TV program proposal for the US Cable TV market. 

Can you help point me in the right direction?



Please see Below: 




Question 
What are the statistics for how often a baby is born
in the United States.

Question 
You did not answer one person's question and I am most
curious to know as well:

"Approximately how many living U.S. citizens are baby
boomers?  What percentage of the total U.S. population does
the figure represent?"
 

Answer 
We already provided the answers to these questions in our
Archives of Q&As, but here is some answers again:

There are approximately 76 millions of baby boomers 
that are living U.S. citizens which represents approximately
30% of total US Populations (Based on 250 millions #)

There are several web sites that you can search for demographics
info. including our own   
 
Boomers Articles

New Boomers Articles

These sites provides indepth marketing info.

Demographics

US News

Bureau Of Statistics
(Us Gov't) with sample data below:
Boomers Boom in these cities (% of total populations)

Santa Fe 	35.1%
Anchorage	34.2%
Denver		32.8%
Seattle		31.5%
Atlanta		31.4%
Washington/	31.4%
Baltimore
Portland/Salem  31.2%
Oregon
Kokomo, Ind.    31.0%
York, Pa.       30.9%
San Francisco   30.8%
Portland, Maine 30.8%

Sources: Census Bureau, State and Methopolitan Area Data Book
1997-1998 and USA Today.
 
Boomer Factoids

The official years of the Baby Boom Generation (1946 through 1964) 
saw a marked increase in the number of births in North America.

Here’s how the birthrate rose and fell during the baby boom years:
1940 - 2,559,000 births per year
1946 - 3,311,000 births per year
1955 - 4,097,000 births per year
1957 - 4,300,000 births per year
1964 - 4,027,000 births per year
1974 - 3,160,000 births per year

Symbols of the Baby Boom in Suburbia
1950		 1960

Hot Dog Production (millions of lbs)
750		 1050

Potato Chip Production (millions of lbs)
320		 532

Sales of lawn and porch furniture (millions of dollars)
53.6		 145.2

Sales of power mowers (millions of dollars)
1.0		 3.8

Sales of floor polishers (millions of dollars)
0.24		 1.0

Sales of Encyclopaedia (millions of dollars)
72		 300

Number of Children age 5-14
24.3 		35.5

Number of baseball Little Leagues
776		 5,700

Ref:
http://www.octanecreative.com/boomerbaby/index.html



General Stats:
U.S. EVERY DAY LIFE IN 1900::
- 1 in 7 homes had a bathtub
- 1 in 13 homes had a telephone
- Brownie camera: $1
- lb.of sugar: 4 cents
- dozen eggs: 14 cents
- lb. of butter: 24 cents


U.S. EVERY DAY LIFE IN 1998::
- 81% of the population has a VCR in the home
- there are 2.3 TVs per household
- 20% of the U.S. is connected to the Internet
- lb. of sugar: $0.43
- dozen eggs: $1.12
- lb. of butter $2.35

SWEEPING CHANGES IN WORLD BALANCE OF POWER
1900:
Western colonialism dominated Africa and the Asian islands. 
The Russian, Ottoman, German, Austro-Hungarian and 
Chinese empires had passed their peaks 

1998:
Africa's nations are all independent. The Soviet 
empire is broken into 15 separate states, and 
democratic capitalism is on the rise 



Check Out USA Today's :
Boomer's Life

 

Question 
It is commonly argued that there will be a surge in saving by 
baby boomers over the next 10 years or so, driving the US stock 
market higher. Where is the best place on the web to find a coherent 
summary of these arguments?

How have the baby boomers effected the economy since they have 
been born?


Answer 
To answer your first question, according to the report          
by National Conference of State Legislatures ©1999. 
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE
America in 2025 will be older and more diverse than it is today.
The U.S. Census Bureau projects that by 2020, those 65 years 
and older will comprise more than 16 percent of the population
compared with about 13 percent now. By 2030, one out of 
every five Americans will be 65 or older. 
Based on the report, from now until 2025, 
even at the very least, if only 50% of baby 
boomers continue or start to save and put 
2% percent of their income into IRA, SERP
or KEOGH accounts, that saving amount  
still account for a hugh amount by 8% of 
saving by total US population.

Here's the study by Internatinal Monetary Fund:
What Will Happen To Financial Markets When The Baby Boomers Retire?

Read the report in PDF using Acrobat



Question number 2: There are over 73 millions baby 
boomers that are born from 1946 to 1965.  

The implications of an ageing population for the UK economy:

Read The PDF Report using ACROBAT
 

Question 
I am trying to determine what the various generational categories 
are called and what years are they considered to fall between?  
For example what do we call the generation prior to the boomers?  
I know boomers are 1946-64.  What about Tweeners?  Gen X, Gen Y, 
and so on.  Also looking for sites giving specific characteristics 
or culture that shaped these groups.

Most especially interested in humor of each group.
thanks so much

Answer 
A study and a report of the NCSL LSCC Task Force 
on Legislatures of the Future by National Conference 
of State Legislatures explains in great details 
about: Dealing with Demographics:

Read The Report In Text



Read The PDF Report using ACROBAT

Here is the excerpt:

Generational Trends
1. During the first quarter of the new century, 
society at large-as well as state legislatureswill
likely be comprised of members from four different 
generations with four distinct
generational perspectives: the Silent Generation, 
Baby Boomers, Generation Xers and Generation Yers.

2. Silent Generation (1925 to 1945)
• 63 million people.
• Tend to be loyal to institutions and employers.
• Principal architects of the modern legislature and 
leaders of the legislative reform
movement.
• Will comprise the “oldest of the old” in society.
• Uncomfortable with computer technology.

3. Baby Boomers (1946 to 1964)
• 76 million people ( largest generation).
• Often question authority and value independent thinking.
• Influenced by great political causes civil rights,
anti-Vietnam War and women’s movements.
• More comfortable with computer technology.

4. Generation X (1965 to 1978)
• 46 million (smallest generation).
• Tend to feel loyalty to themselves and their team 
and not to the organization they work for.
• Tend to be politically inactive.
• Could fill the ranks of state legislatures in the 
early 2000s.
• Very comfortable with computer technology.

5. Generation Y (1979 to 1994)
• 72 million (second largest generation).
• Most racially diverse generation.
• Tend to be civic minded and more interested in 
political activities than Generation Xers.
• Women working in traditionally male-dominated 
professions are the norm.
• Most technologically competent, having never known
a time without computers.


There are two great sites with serious academia 
findings and research studies about Generations. 


One such great site that we discovered is the


University of Southern California's
Longitudinal Study of Generations 


The other great site is a study of 

The Fourth Turning, Generations 
studies by Howes and Strause  

Tweeners or Cuspers: 
The Center of the Generational Oreo  

Born 1955-64, they are the cream in the middle 
of the generational Oreo. For years, the voice 
of these confident 40-somethings has been obscured 
by the media hype showered upon the surrounding 
boomers and Gen Xers. But the cuspers are now ready 
to speak. They want everyone to know that they are 
neither a part of the "me-first" boomers nor the 
Gen X "drifters." Instead, they are a distinct 
generational cohort that shares some of the 
characteristics of both these groups, but fits 
comfortably into neither. For marketers and 
advertisers who previously lumped this consumer 
group into the others, the time to change course 
is now.

oFrom among the following list, poll respondents 
were asked to select the three brands they most 
closely associate with their generation. From the 
looks of it, cuspers envision themselves in a comfy 
pair of LEVI'S, lounging (or working) in front of 
their Macs, while sipping on a Coke. Brands are 
listed in order from most to least popular.

LEVI'S 70 percent 
Coke 41 percent 
Macintosh 33 percent 
Ben & Jerry's 20 percent 
IBM 19 percent 
Honda 17 percent

http://www.chiatday.com/

Question 
I would like to find out what it is like to work with a person 
from the Generation X age.  I would like it from the perspective 
of a boomer.  Can you tell me about conflicts that might or did 
arise as a result of working with a Gen X'er.  Any other 
information would be helpful too.  Do the boomers have difficulty 
when the Gen X'er is the boss and not the other way around.  This 
is for a school assignment so i would appreciate an honest answer.

Thanks

Answer 

Here is some info to share:

GEN-XERS AT WORK
Bruce Tulgan's Rainmaker Thinking research indicates 
that to lead the free agents who make up the younger
-adult workforce in the United States, many Generation 
X managers -- those born between 1978 and 1984 -- are 
"discarding authority for the sake of authority; cutting 
through all the red tape; and side-stepping rules that
get in the way of productivity." 

Here is a list of practices identified in Rainmaker's literature. 

•  Encourage employees to "own" their work area; arrange
desks and chairs however they like; listen to CDs or the
radio; and surround themselves with pictures, clippings 
and other visual images they enjoy. 

•  Urge Employees to manage their time so well (never 
missing deadlines) that nobody would dream of trying to 
manage it for them. 

•  Offer flexible work arrangements (compressed
schedules, flex-time, telecommuting, part-time, job 
sharing or sabbaticals). 

•  Support employees instinct to "just do it" when
they're in need of a morning stroll, a midday workout,
an afternoon nap, a day off or a vacation. 

•  If you expect employees ever to take work home, 
realize that they may sometimes bring home into work
(support child-care, elder care and other family needs). 

•  Create teams focused on well-defined goals with
concrete deadlines, in which every member's role is clear. 

•  Delegate 100-percent responsibility to every employee
for something, anything. And let employees use that
responsibility as proving ground to earn more responsibility. 

•  Give employees some room for creative expression 
in their work. 

•  Hire a genuinely diverse pool of employees and reflect
diversity in the leadership of your organization. 

•  Place a high value on critical thinking, new
perspectives and different ways of doing things. 
All this leads to innovation. 

•  Tie rewards, promotions, compensation, and 
increases in responsibility and authority directly 
to performance. 

•  Seek input from employees on decisions -- minor or
major -- that have a direct impact on their experience
in your organization. And make it clear that unsolicited 
input is welcome too. 

•  Encourage employees to identify assignments they'd
like and sell themselves to project leaders to 
get those assignments. 

•  Give employees feedback whenever they request 
it and provide a venue for employees to evaluate 
their managers. 

•  Create an obsession with training and learning in
your organization -- make learning and training part
of everybody's job and make time available for these
activities. Fill the workplace with learning resources
 in every medium possible (print, video, audio, 
CD-interactive, intranet, etc.) and give employees
unfettered access to those resources; and support 
outside learning opportunities such as degree and 
certificate programs. 

•  Create a free market for mentoring: Teach everybody 
how to be a mentor and how to get a mentor and then 
let them choose each other as they wish. 

Here's an old article from CNN:

How to Manage Generation Xers
 

Our own Generation Xers page.

This excerpts are taken from Douglas Coupland's 
Generation X.  

oYuppie Wannabe's: (page 91)
An X generation subgroup that believes 
the myth of a yuppie life-style being both 
satisfying and viable. Tend to be high in debt, 
involved in some form of substance abuse, and 
show a willingness to talk about Armageddon 
after three drinks.

oBoomer Envy: (page 21)
Envy of material wealth and long-range material 
security accrued by older members of the baby boom 
generation by virtue of fortunate births.

oSquires: (page 135)
The most common X generation subgroup and the only 
subgroup given to breeding. Squires exist almost 
exclusively in couples and are recognizable by their 
frantic attempts to recreate a semblance of 
Eisenhower-era plenitude and their daily lives in 
the face of exorbitant housing prices and two-job 
life-styles. Squires tend to be continually exhausted 
from voraciously acquisitive pursuit of furniture and 
knickknacks.

oDorian Graying: (page 164)
The unwillingness to gracefully allow one's body 
to show the signs of aging.

oDown-Nesting: (page 144)
The tendency of parent to move to smaller, guest-room-free 
houses after their children have moved away so as to 
avoid children aged 20 to 30 who have boomeranged 
home. 


Question 
What percentage of baby boomers are college educated and what 
percentage of boomers have degrees in computer technology? What 
percentage of boomers are working in technology fields? Also, 
what percentage of boomers fall below the assumed medium boomer 
income of $47,000 anually; what about the percentage of boomers 
that qualify for below the US national poverty line? Please give 
me the percentages in terms of the boomer population.

if you know any sites were I could find some Gen x stat's or 
marketing  to gen x that would be very kind of you.
Thank You!

Answer 

Answer to your question #1:
 


Less than 9th grade   
	3,310,668  

	
9th to 12th  grade, no diploma 
	8,330,706

	
High school graduate
	22,574,815

	
Some college, no degree
	17,132,710

	
Associates degree
	6,443,130

	
Graduate or professional degree 
	6,163,024

	
Total
	63,955,053

	
		
Percent high school graduate or higher  
  	84.9

	
Percent bachelor's degree  or higher   
  	24.9
	
		
		
		
 		
Source:  US Census Bureau		
Released:  Feb. 1996
		


ANSWER to your question #2:
 
We have archived a research from an advertising 
agency since their web page is not online any 
longer.

Marketing to Generation Xers

Also check links on: 

Our own Gen Xers' page


Question 
Hey
I just stumbled upon your site and was wondering if you could tell me, 
exactly what are yuppies? and yippies? not to mention generation x'rs 
and y'rs.  

in advance, thank you for your input, and spectacular website!

Love, Caitlin


Answer 

According to The American Heritage® Dictionary 
of the English Language, Fourth Edition,
this is the definition of YUPPIE.
yup·pie
n. Informal 
A young city or suburban resident with a well-paid professional 
job and an affluent lifestyle.

[y(oung) + u(rban) + p(rofessional) influenced by yippie.] 
yup pie·dom n.

What is a YIPPIE? You can read the article here:
According to this web site web site 
Abbie Hoffman started the Yippie organization in the
60s.

So....

Are you a YUPPIE or a YIPPIE?


Question 
How many boomers are expected to retire [or otherwise leave the 
workforce] in the next 10 years?  20 Years? Thanks!!



Answer 


Question 
What years did the baby boomers begin and end?
We think it was 1946-1965.  Is this correct?
 
Answer 
Depends on the sources and methodologies.
Although, many experts agree that the official 
years of the Baby Boom Generation are 1946 
through 1964.

A few years back, we received a comment 
from one of our readers:

My post at Boomers International was 
intended to point out the demographic
errors that sociologists, historians 
and demographers have made concerning
the Baby Boom. From a demographic 
perspective, the Baby Boom spans from 1946
through 1958. This is based on birth 
rates for the given time period with
1946 established as a baseline value. 
In 1959 birth rates dipped below the 
1946 level, statistically ending 
the Baby Boom. 

Birth rates continued to plummet, 
with the exception of a few small 
spikes, through 1971. Based on
this demographic trend, Generation X  spans 
from 1959 through 1971. The demographers, 
for whatever reason, concentrated on birth
totals instead of birth rates. 
But, even under this flawed examination, 
their logic does not follow. 
For if they focused only on birth totals, 
with a baseline established in 1946, 
birth totals did not fall below the 1946 
level until 1972. So why did they arbitrarily 
pick 1965 as the end of the Baby Boom?

This I cannot answer.

I do not consider myself a writer, although I've 
explored the possibility on this particular subject. 
There seems to be a strong interest with those of
us born at the end of the commonly believed Baby Boom 
(1946 - 1964), that we are not true Baby Boomers. 
Not culturally, and, based on my research, not
demographically. I do not mind contributing to your 
web site, particularly if it will help resolve the 
demographic errors of the Baby Boom. 

I've attached an Excel spreadsheet that presents a 
graph of the actual Baby Boomer years 
(1946 through 1958), and the beginning of Generation X 
(1959).

I find this visual aid very helpful in explaining the 
Baby Boom and Generation X.

Cliff Swiger
cswiger@labyrinth.net
cswiger@alleghenyenergy.com	                                 

Boomers Stats (Excel Spreadsheet)



Question 
I would like to find some websites that would provide me with 
info on the differences in prices from the 1940's to present...
such as what a hamburger cost in 1940's verses now...or what a 
coke or pair of jeans cost back then.  Prices of the common things 
that everyone used then and now. If you can help that would be 
great.    	

Answer 

Try this Library of Congress site :


http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html



It is about life histories and they were written by the 

staff of the  Folklore Project 


of the Federal Writers' Project 

for the U.S. Works Progress (later Work Projects) Administration 

(WPA) from 1936-1940


Question 
How many Baby Boomers will have turned 50 years old in the year 
2000?
(This would be those born between 1946 and 1950)
Of the 32 million AARP members (as of April 2000), how many are 
Baby Boomers?





Question 
What percentage of Baby Boomers buy resort real estate?  Do you 
have any concrete information (i.e., in 1999 1 million baby boomers 
purchased 2nd homes in resort communities...etc.)?

What are the statistics on Baby Boomers who actively buy on-line? 
(i.e., how many baby boomers use on-line services?)

What are the top 10% on-line service Web sites that Baby Boomers 
visit?

What do Baby Boomers like and dislike about CONTENT on Web sites?

Question   
What percentage of Baby Boomers buy resort real estate?
Do you have any concrete information (i.e., in 1999 1 million baby
boomers purchased 2nd homes in resort communities...etc.)? 

 

Question 
There was a question listed that began..."I am a 30 year old 
student.  For a Communications project:"...

Your number 1 answer was "Retirement home.", Could you clarify 
this?  What do YOU mean by "Retirement home"?  Is this a 
2nd home?  And is it in a resort community?



Answer 

Our number 1 answer should have been more specific.
At the time that we answered that question in 1999, the
economy was booming and the dot.com riches were
driving the housing boom.  Many baby boomers were 
in the market (shopping or planning for) retirement 
homes (which would have been their 2nd homes).
Old Answer

We have however, came across another findings 
which comfirms with what we stated originally.
(See below)

Fortunately for the first wave boomers who've chosen
to retire earlier during 1999-2000.  They had
great opportunities to capture the housing
market boom and cashed out on their original 
homes during that time. If they had bought a
retirement homes in the right locations,
they would have retained their values due 
to the demand and low interest rates.

In the mean time, it is unfortunately for the
second wave baby boomers, their housing
prices boom have retracted from the high of 
1999-2000.  

However, due to low interest rates and high 
economic growth in certain areas (Southern
California, New York), the housing boom and medium
housing prices still continue in the upward
trend.

Here's an article about 2nd or 3rd home
investment for baby boomers.

------------------------------------------------------------
Boomers buying second and third homes
AMY BALDWIN 
Associated Press 
NEW YORK ---- After losing $700,000 on Wall Street,
Steven Style has stopped buying stocks. But he's
still investing ---- in real estate. 

"It's solid," the 42-year-old New Yorker said.  

A growing number of baby boomers ---- those Americans
born between 1946 and 1964 ---- are buying second and 
third homes. In their peak earning years, boomers are
looking to diversify their investment portfolios.
Some want a place where they can take a break 
from their busy lives, while others are looking at
property as an investment. 

The stock market's decline has increased real estate's 
appeal for boomers. Because they had more money 
than many other people to invest on Wall Street, 
boomers' portfolios have been particularly hard hit. 

"We are not giving up on the stock market, but we are not 
putting new money into it. We want to have real, hard assets,
" said Rob Gelphman, a marketing consultant in San Jose. 

Gelphman, 44, and his wife Maria, 43, are looking to buy a 
second home in California, or possibly on New York's Long
Island. 

"The stock market stinks. We have lost a lot of value in 
our 401(k)s and IRAs. California real estate doubles every 
10 years," he reasoned. 

That's not to say the real estate sector doesn't have its own
ups and downs. Property prices in many parts of the country 
might be at or near their peak, financial planners say. 
That means buyers must assess what they want out of a 
prospective property ---- whether it is something they plan to 
keep for leisure or if they plan to sell it more quickly for a
profit. 

In the last year, Style purchased his third property, an 
oceanfront vacation condo in Miami's South Beach neighborhood. 
He also owns two apartments on Manhattan's Upper West Side, 
one in which he lives and the other which he rents out to pay
the mortgage. 

The market for second and third homes is strong. The National
 Association of Realtors predicts that more than 1 million second
homes and vacation condos will be built in the next 10 years to 
keep pace with boomer demand. The association doesn't 
specifically track third-home purchases but says they also 
are on the rise. 

The profile of second-home buyers mirrors boomer demographics. 
The median age of second home-buyers is 46 and the median 
income is $77,700, according to the Realtors. 

Prices on second homes also reflect the trend. The median price
tag on second homes last year was $127,800, having risen 27
percent in two years. Meanwhile, last year's median price on first
homes was $147,800, up about 11 percent in two years. 

(FROM North County Times)
11/20/02 

http://www.nctimes.net/news/2002/20021120/51416.html

Question 
Hello, I need to find some information on the relationships 
between the babyboomers and their parents. Also, how the 
relationship developed as the babyboomers got older. This is 
of interest to me, and I am also helping a friend with a 
report on this subject.
Subject could also be: How babyboomer adults confront their 
Parents about the way they were raised and the issues of same.
Thank you in advance for this information.




Answer 




Question 
why did medieval churches have steeples?


Answer 


Question 
I would like to know what website do have to search in order to 
get a view of earth, the ultimate high school nightclub that's 
located in Wallingford, CT. I would like to see how it looks inside 
and any upcoming events?


Answer 
Try these sites:
Earth Viewer

Earth Viewer 3D

Earth Viewer Software

Earth Viewer Software


Question 
If you saw a list of the following cities (over 100,000 population) 
and were told they were listed in this specific order based on an 
average of something, what do you think this would be?




Answer 


Question 
I have written a book entitled "A Wake-UP Call To All Baby Boomers"
 --- that deals with seven dimensions of healthy and productive 
aging.  Those areas are physical, mental, social, financial, 
emotional, spiritual, and sexual.
Looking for an interested publisher...any advice?
Thanks!




Answer 


Question 
what were people in the 1940's social life like?


Answer 
You can search some history sites:
 
This site in UK offers footages from the 1940's:

Footages from the 40's - UK 

 
This is James Madison's University photos archive of Students
Social Lifes in the 40s:

Students Social Lifes in the 40s

This Fashion site is comprehensive and provides insights into
other aspects of life besides fashion, for many eras  
Fashion site 

This site provides information about movies from 1940's:
Movies 40's

Or try this site:


http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html

It is about life histories and they were written by the staff
of the Folklore Project  of the Federal Writers' Project 
for the U.S. Works Progress (later Work Projects)
Administration (WPA)  from 1936-1940


Question 
What years were the baby-boomer generation born in?

Answer 
From 1945 to 1964.

Question 
What are the years- 1rst to last- that are considered the years 
baby boomers were born in?? I was born in 1957 and say I am a 
baby boomer? 

Answer 
Yes, you are a baby boomer.

Check out this birth rate in:

Excel Spreadsheet
or 
Graphics

Question 
I would like to know how baby boomers spend their leisure time? 
What kinds of tourism and travel do they like?  Do many partake 
in these activities and if so where can I find statistics on 
these topics?  Are they adventurous or do they prefer "relaxing" 
tourism or coach tours?


Answer 
I believed we already answered this question in
our older archived Q&A page.
Please check at the bottom of this page.


Question 
what is the population of canada's children and the % of people 
that can read or write literate 


Answer 

Canadian Demographics

Canadian Census Bureau - They have all the answers.


Check This one as well
 

Question 
I was wondering what are some major health problems that baby 
boomers go through. What are the top accidents that baby boomers 
have. Thanks for your help

Answer 
Heart problems
Prostat Cancer
Breast Cancer
Lung Cancer
Osteopolosis
Eye-sight
Hearing loss


Question 
I am very interested to study the role drug use played within the 
hippie movement America 1960's / early '70's. What single piece 
of literature would you most recommend I read to do this?
Thanking you in advance
Pete


Answer 


Question 
I work for the Cleveland Zoological Society in Cleveland, OH.  
We are exploring programs and events that will attract baby boomers 
and/or empty nesters and get them to become interested once again 
in the Zoo.  I would like to know what kind of thigs would bring 
the baby boomers back down to the Zoo.  I would love any 
suggestions and remember you can be as creative as possible.  
Thank you for 
your time!

Answer 
How about adopt a pet program?
How about free or discount guest pass?
Social gathering at the zoo?
Single gathering at the zoo before 
night out in town?

Question 
Hi, I read the book " Hippies From A to Z for school"  My question 
is: Are Skip Stone and Paul Williams the same person.  And if not 
then where could I find some background information on Skip Stone?


Answer 
You have to ask Skip Stone personally.
His web site is 
Hippy Land

Question 
How can I get our class of 1967 reunion on your web site:
Attached is our GREAT web site 
http://www.dansan.com/phs1967

Thanks
Dan


Answer 
You are right! A great site. Congratulations!!
Thanks and we have added your site to our Reunion page

Question 
I would like to know if there is a certain month and day in the year 
1964 that separates baby boomers from the X-generation.  Or is 
everybody born before December 31st, 1964 considered a baby boomer, 
and everybody born on January 1st, 1965 and after considered a member 
of the X-generation?

Answer 
It really depends. There's no authority on this 
subject. There are even overlap during these
two generations and they considered themselves 
the Tweeners and or the "Cuspers"

Question 
 
I am a university student looking for Canadian demographic information 
of the baby-boomer generation.  My project is a magazine targeting 
this audience.  I was wondering if any could help me find information 
on current Canadian demographics and psychographics on the baby 
boomers? Thanks.


Answer 
Sorry for the delay in our reply.
Here are several web sites:


Atlantic Canadian Demographics
Golden Oldies

Canadian Demographics

Question 
Are baby boomers essentially adolescent adults??? this is for an essay 
for my college  english class. I was wondering if I could get some 
feed back from the era instead of from an article.
What defines the baby boomers?


Answer 



When you look back through the history of time all 
through the 60s and the 70s, during our innocent and or 
rebellious youthful years, you will find that many social changes 
were the results of changes demanded by boomers.
 


Boomers have been attempting to change the world and many 
did it successfully, and some of them partially. All through 
the 60s   and up to our current time much older and wiser. 



Many boomers are socially and spiritually conscious about 
families, neighborhoods, communities and the world. Boome



Contrary to the popular belief, boomers value meaningful 
relationships with every aspects of life and are constantly 
working through many barriers to change the world that we live in.




 Many boomers are embarking on a new way of living, a sustainable 
lifestyles and communities. Boomers feel that they have 
a moral responsibility to leave this world a better place than 
when they found it. 

Boomers' life goal is to foster a 
sustainable, spiritual and a peaceful world.  
 

Question 
i am searching for  a song name.it was a old song and wonderfull.
we listened this song in Conspiracy Theory.while julia roberts crossing 
in her house mel gibson was wathing her in his taxi and she was 
listening this song he find song from the radio.this song has this 
sentences."i love you baby...i need you baby".i hope you can help me.
please...


Answer 
Frankie Valli and Lauryn Hill sang that song.  
The original version by Frankie Valli  is 
"Can't Take My Eyes Off You," 


Song Lyrics


Sound Track


Question 
Please provide the number or percentage of Fortune 500 
executives that have tatoos or earings. 
Exempt female executives from the earings 
question. 

Thanks


Answer 
You are kidding me right?


Question 
I was born in Oct. 1964...am I a baby boomer? What years did the baby 
boomers start and end?

Answer 
You are the Tail End Baby Boomer or depending on your
philosophy of life, if you can not identify with 
baby boomers, you might consider yourself a 
Tweener or a Cusper!!

Question 
I am doing a research paper on baby boomers and the economy....
actually it is based on an article called "Demographics and 
Destiny".  I am in need of a literary proof that supports 
the idea that boomers have driven the economy and although 
the economy will shift, it will not collapse once these 
boomers become consumers instead of investors.  The article 
supports the idea that Gen X and Y as well as foreign 
investors will keep the economy going strong.  

Any suggestions on books, novels, 
or any other literature? Thank you....

Answer 

Since September 11, 2001 many of the old assumptions
and predictions have changed.  Never before there
was any such event that changed the world as we
saw it. 

There are many articles based on studies and research 
that I referred to above.

Many are prepared by reputable organizations such as
the International Monetary Fund and National 
Conference of State Legislatures and AARP.

We have answered a similar question in our 
Archive Q&As
page....


Many boomers would like to retire and or work part 
time or own business.  Many expressed desire 
to go back to school to change their career to something
else more in tune of what they really want to do.



If you look at these statistics and the one down below
within the next 5 to 10 years... these populatons 
will either retire or only work.. part time...
 
By 2020, the number of people 55 and older will 
have soared by 73%, while the prime working-age
group will have grown just 5%.  With this situation,
unless the existing working population and the new 
college grads can make up for Boomers..there will 
be some labor shortages in some fields...
 
Other ramifications of boomers toward national health
care, finance and taxation and education.

* Generation trailing boomers is smaller and less 
educated; its contribution to income tax revenue 
will be less. 

* Majority of echo boomers (baby boomers' children) 
will enter college just as tax revenue declines. 

Compensation and Benefits 
* Health care costs rise as workers age 
* Base salary and number of vacation days rise with 
tenure 
* Most pensions are based on number of years worked 
and employee's final salary 
* Company's matches in a defined contribution plan
 rise with age, as older workers tend to contribute 
a greater percentage of their
larger paychecks. 

Productivity Concerns 
* Will output suffer as workers age? 
* Will there be enough qualified younger workers 
to replace boomers? 
* Will the shrinking percentage of younger 
workers generate enough revenue to fund benefits 
now accruing to older workers?
* Sources: Los Angesles Times Articles
By PATRICE APODACA,  
Monday, June 8, 1998 COLUMN ONE





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