Survey: At What Age Are You Thought of as Old?
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Comstock/Thinkstock(POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y.) — When do you consider someone to be “old”? If you were born between 1946 and 1964, chances are you don’t consider yourself to be an elder just yet.
A study released this week by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion — conducted for Home Instead Senior Care — found that Baby Boomers consider someone to be old when they are 77 years old. The age drops to 71 among Generation X and 62 among Generation Y.
The Greatest Generation — those born between 1901 and 1924 — however, bumps the age up to 81.
Among genders, women consider old to be 76 and up, while men say it’s 70.
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