When does 'old age' begin? Public perception may be skewing later
“Our perceptions or conceptions of old age are obviously shifting across historical time. People nowadays who are in midlife or who are older adults believe that old age begins later than did their peers 10 or 20 years ago,” said Markus Wettstein, the study’s lead author and a psychologist at Humboldt University of Berlin.
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On average, the 25-year-olds declared that old age began when someone turned 66. The drastic eight year gap between responses highlights how differently the generations perceive the aging process.
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Public perception of ‘old age’ has shifted to later in life
In a new study, researchers have explored how modern adults perceive the onset of old age compared to previous generations. The experts found that, as life expectancy increases and retirement ages are pushed back, the public perception of when old age begins is shifting to later in life.
New study reveals ‘old age’ begins later than it used to
People believe "old age" begins later than it used to, reveals a new study. And women say that it starts two years later than men, according to the findings. Today's middle-aged adults and pensioners believe that "old age" begins in your mid- or late-seventies,
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As human life expectancy has improved over the decades, the age that we think of as "old" has pushed back later in life, researchers say.
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