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Creative Responses to an Aging Society: The Japanese Experience  / Event
June 2006— AARP Global Aging Program Idea Exchange with Hiro Murata, President and Founder of Murata Associates, Inc., and President of the Social Development Research Center, both in Tokyo.

In Their Dreams: What Will Boomers Inherit?  / Research Report
June 2006— The occurrence and expectation of inheritances by the baby boomer cohort are examined in this AARP Public Policy Institute Data Digest by John Gist and Carlos Figueiredo. While about one-fifth of boomer households have received inheritances, the study finds the inheritances are unlikely to have much impact on boomer retirement security. (10 pages) (Publication ID: DD139)

Mother's Day Survey  / Research Report
May 2005— Annotated questionnaire from the AARP The Magazine survey in April 2005 of over 1,000 baby boomers in which 40 percent named their mother as their favorite parent, compared to only 20 percent saying the same of their father. (4 pages)

AARP The Magazine Study on Divorce Finds That Women are Doing the Walking—But Both Sexes Are Reaping Rewards in the Bedroom  / News Release
May 2004— “The Divorce Experience: A Study of Divorce at Midlife and Beyond” offers striking revelations about divorces and the people involved

The Divorce Experience: A Study of Divorce At Midlife and Beyond  / Research Report
May 2004— Divorce at midlife and older is more emotionally devastating than losing a job, about equal to experiencing a major illness, and nearly as devastating as losing a spouse. Such is the judgment of 1,147 surveyed men and women ages 40 to 79 who were divorced after the age of 40. (151 pages)

In the Middle: A Report on Multicultural Boomers Coping With Family and Aging Issues  / Research Report
July 2001— Sandwich generation boomers (defined as those age 45 to 55 who are likely to have both living parents and children of their own under 21) say in an AARP survey that they are not stressed by - but are comfortable with, and confident of their capacity to manage - family responsibilities for both their parents and their children. (131 pages) (Publication ID: D17446)