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T BY E- GRANT YOUMANS About -1. 5 of the men and   of the \V()l11(:‘11 1l1lZ€1'·
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  Problems of old age—both social and economic- Work For 9/10 Of the Womclh this was I-Gtlfclimut
have Coutimlallv plagued m2mkiud’ and because Of from housekeeping duties rather than from gainful ·
"f" the increasing Proportion Of Older Persons in Om. employment. A third of the men and women aged 60
__t 1 population attention is being focused Ou those p1.Ob_ to 6-1 had moved from work to retirement status. The
]€mS_ Very few Systematic Studies, however, have men who were fully employed estimated they worked
T1 bee11 made of the problems of older rural men and fm average <>i41h<¤¤‘S each Week The 1‘¤mlbt·Si¤€SS .
Q7 Women and professional men estimated they worked some-
A In April 1959, A l.€P1.€S€Hmtiv€ Sample Of the men what longer hours than did the farm operators. Among
"3 and Women aged 60 and Over living in Casey County, the fully employed male workers, advancing chrono-
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J County. K('IllllL‘l{}',” Ky. Agr. Expt. Sta. Progress Report 88. (Conlinuori on Page H,)
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