Word: neugarten
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...marry men several years older than themselves, a fact that accounts for the high proportion of widows among elderly women. Nor is this the only difference between the young and the old. A significant number of today's elderly are, according to University of Chicago Professor Bernice Neugarten, "disproportionately disadvantaged." Many are foreign born, uneducated and unskilled. Far from all the aged are infirm, but 38% do suffer from some kind of chronic condition that limits their activities. Of these, fully half have serious problems and 5%, or one out of every 20, are homebound. About a third...
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