Contributed by nationally recognized experts, this new volume to the ""Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics"" series presents some of the most important and current research describing life between the ages of 65-75 or the Crown of Life period. This scholarly presentation incorporates some of the most important data from the Inter-university Consortium for Policy and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan, and the Murray Research Center's data archive at Harvard University to address important issues of the early post-retirement period. Topics cover many aspects and social issues of retirement and ""The Third Age"".
Contributors; Forthcoming and Previous Volumes in Series; Preface; Introduction: The Third Age: A Rationale for Research, Jacquelyn B. James and Paul Wink; Section I: Culture and Context for the Third Age; * The Demography of the Third Age, Annemette Sorensen; * Functioning and Well-being in the Third Age, Irina Grafova, Kate McGonagle, and Frank Stafford; * The Work and Retirement Experiences of Aging Black Americans, Edna Brown, James Jackson, and Nakesha Faison; Section II: Anticipating Life in the Third Age; * Strategic Selection as a Retirement Project: Will Americans Develop Hybrid Arrangements? Phyllis Moen and Joyce Altobelli. * Late Middle Age: Transition to the Third Age, Ravenna Helson and Rebecca A. Cate; * Pathways Toward the Third Age: Studying a Cohort from the ""Golden Age"", David G. Winter, Cynthia M. Torges, Abigail J. Stewart, Donna Henderson-King, and Earon Henderson-King; Section III: Change over Time in the Third Age, Age 65-79; * A Coconstructionist View of the Third Age: The Case of Cognition, Sherry Willis and Warner Schaie; * The Impact of Work on the Psychological Health and Well-being of Older Americans, Jacquelyn B. James and Avron Spiro, III; * Change and Stability during the Third Age: Longitudinal Investigations of Self-Rated Health and Religiousness, Michael E. McCullough and Emily Polak; * Social Relations in the Third Age: Assessing Strengths and Challenges using the Convoy, Toni C. Antonucci, Kristine Ajrouch, and Kira Birditt; * Personality and Involvement in Leisure Activities during the Third Age Manfred Diehl and Kathleen M. Berg; Section IV: Everyday Life in the Third Age; * Satisfaction with Retirement in Men's LivesGeorge E. Vaillant and Ana C. DiRago; * Everyday Life in the Third Age, Paul Wink; * Gay Lives in the Third Age: Possibilities and Paradoxes, Bert Cohler and Andrew Hostetler; * Retirement Community Life: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities, Allen M. Omoto and Christina D. Aldrich; Conclusion: Is the Third Age the Crown of Life? Paul Wink and Jacquelyn B. James.
