Post by yenilira on Feb 13, 2012 12:17:24 GMT 1
Following on from my article "One for the Archives" on 17th January,
a new study which has just come out revealed that most Brits consider themselves "middle aged" - ie.. stop being young, three years before the age-old idiom of 'Life begins at 40" -
in this category we welcome such noteables as Paul Scholes, Leo DiCaprio, and Penny Cruz who are all 37
but in most other countries people are of the mindset that youth extends well beyond their 40th birthday.
On a brighter note, Britons are of the opinion they don't officially become old until they reach 62.
Over 31,000 people across Europe in this study were questioned in the biggest ever survey into 'active ageing' -
ie. attitudes towards getting old.
For example, more than half the population, 56% of Britain wants to work beyond the state pension age, compared with 21% in Italy, 22% in Spain, and 26% in Greece.
(What, with their debt problems?)
The report also revealed that more than four in five people in the UK were willing to combine a part-time job with a partial pension, but just one in eight believe pensioners should be barred from working.
The researchers also discovered that discrimination is considered less of a problem in the UK - tell that to Miriam O'Reilly, Moira Stuart, and Alene Phillips - than in most other countries:
in the poll, only 17% of Britons claimed to have been discriminated against or experienced discrimination in the workplace over the last two years, compared with 39% in Hungary, Netherlands 28%, and 26% in Denmark.
The research also delivede a blow to David Cameron's plans for a 'Big Society' as it found that just 26% of people in this country help out at a charity or in voluntary work, which contrasts with Sweden's 55%, 48% of Danes, and 43% of Germans.
Surprisingly, only one in three Brits are concerned about the ageing population, despite it being one of the biggest issues facing the nation, though more than half agree that the official retirement age will have to go up to cope with this.
To conclude, the population of these Isles of ours is rapidly growing older - 16% of us are 65 or over, and for the first time, that age group out-numbers people under 18.
Do you feel 'over the hill'
or
are you a youthful 60-year old?
a new study which has just come out revealed that most Brits consider themselves "middle aged" - ie.. stop being young, three years before the age-old idiom of 'Life begins at 40" -
in this category we welcome such noteables as Paul Scholes, Leo DiCaprio, and Penny Cruz who are all 37
but in most other countries people are of the mindset that youth extends well beyond their 40th birthday.
On a brighter note, Britons are of the opinion they don't officially become old until they reach 62.
Over 31,000 people across Europe in this study were questioned in the biggest ever survey into 'active ageing' -
ie. attitudes towards getting old.
For example, more than half the population, 56% of Britain wants to work beyond the state pension age, compared with 21% in Italy, 22% in Spain, and 26% in Greece.
(What, with their debt problems?)
The report also revealed that more than four in five people in the UK were willing to combine a part-time job with a partial pension, but just one in eight believe pensioners should be barred from working.
The researchers also discovered that discrimination is considered less of a problem in the UK - tell that to Miriam O'Reilly, Moira Stuart, and Alene Phillips - than in most other countries:
in the poll, only 17% of Britons claimed to have been discriminated against or experienced discrimination in the workplace over the last two years, compared with 39% in Hungary, Netherlands 28%, and 26% in Denmark.
The research also delivede a blow to David Cameron's plans for a 'Big Society' as it found that just 26% of people in this country help out at a charity or in voluntary work, which contrasts with Sweden's 55%, 48% of Danes, and 43% of Germans.
Surprisingly, only one in three Brits are concerned about the ageing population, despite it being one of the biggest issues facing the nation, though more than half agree that the official retirement age will have to go up to cope with this.
To conclude, the population of these Isles of ours is rapidly growing older - 16% of us are 65 or over, and for the first time, that age group out-numbers people under 18.
Do you feel 'over the hill'
or
are you a youthful 60-year old?