...nationwide sample of 2,300 suburbs, the average suburban population in 1980 was 11.8 percent elderly.5 For the first time, in 1980, a greater number of older...than in central cities (8.1 million). Older persons found disproportionately in suburbs which were established before World War II. These older suburbs...

...social service design and delivery. In 1980, for the first time a greater number of persons over age 65 lived in the suburbs, 10.1 million, than in central cities, 8.1 million. In 1984, researchers at the State University of New York in Albany received a grant from the National...

...social services design and delivery. In 1980, for the first time a greater number of persons over age 65 lived in the suburbs, 10.1 million, than in central cities, 8.1 million. The availability of transportation services for the elderly suburban dweller is limited. Unlike large...

...social service design and delivery. In 1980, for the first time, a greater number of persons over age 65 lived in the suburbs (10.1 million) than in central cities (8.1 million). This aging of suburbia can be attributed to two major factors. First, migration has contributed to...