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The shock of the old: Welcome to the elderly age

Apr 8, 2010

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mwkruse

in Business, Demography, Economic Development, Economics, Generations, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

New Scientist: The shock of the old: Welcome to the elderly age [Emphasis mine] … This is partly because Japanese people live longest: men can expect to reach 79 and women 86. It is also partly because the Japanese have almost given up having babies: the fertility rate is just 1.2 children per woman, far…