New Survey Says Middle Age Now Doesn't End Until 68
- 9 years ago
A new survey has found that people now believe that old age begins at 68.
Attitudes about aging are shifting.
According to a recent survey, people now believe that old age begins at 68 on average compared to previously held tenets that it started around the 60-year mark.
The youngest grouping surveyed, those under 35, believe the distinction happens at 61 years of age.
Meanwhile, those already in their 70s have set the line much further at 77 even though the life expectancy in the UK, where the research was conducted, is 81.
One of the reasons cited behind this optimism in the later years is that more than half, or 64 p
Attitudes about aging are shifting.
According to a recent survey, people now believe that old age begins at 68 on average compared to previously held tenets that it started around the 60-year mark.
The youngest grouping surveyed, those under 35, believe the distinction happens at 61 years of age.
Meanwhile, those already in their 70s have set the line much further at 77 even though the life expectancy in the UK, where the research was conducted, is 81.
One of the reasons cited behind this optimism in the later years is that more than half, or 64 p