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Age: Elderly
- Pensioners are now less at risk of
poverty than working age couples
- Living for longer
because of better
health care
- Private pensions
- Living for longer
because of better
health care
- 16% are in poverty
- 1.2 million pensioners are
on the brink of poverty
- Women
- Payment gap makes
their pension smaller
- Live longer so
savings run out
- Do not qualify for high state pension
because they do not have enough
national insurance contribution
- Payment gap makes
their pension smaller
- Have lower income
levels because...
- Rely on state pensions
- Ageism: hard to
find employment
- Inability to adapt
to technology
- Less qualifications
- Inability to adapt
to technology
- 60% of University specify
"recruit must be a graduate"
- Rely on state pensions
- Scharf (2002)
- Elderly in urban areas often experience
high crime & poor living environments
- Social exclusion
- Fewer jobs
- Access to transport links
- Corner shop
(low quality)
- Poor health
- Poor health
- Limited access
to technology
- Fewer jobs
- Elderly in urban areas often experience
high crime & poor living environments
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