Baby Booming in the United States
Baby Booming in the United States
Introduction
In the United States, there is an estimate of 79 million babies born on the Baby Boom period. Majority of them had a legion of nineteen years (1946-1964) and they managed to grow up during the Vietnam War, and the period when John F. Kennedy was the ruling president. During the year 2006, the oldest baby boomer was turning to 60 years, among the first baby boomers presidents who were born during the beginning of baby booming, 1946 was President George W. Bush and William Clinton (Hudson 2009). New births were experienced in the United States between the 1940s and 1950s; a factor that contributed to the development of the United States population to 4.3 million births (Baby Booming 1989). During the Mid-sixties, the rate of birth began to decline and in 1964, 4 million baby boomers were born in the United States with the number declining to an estimate of 3.76 million births in the year 1973.
The increase of the U.S population during the baby boomers period developed through various factors. Majority of the people assumed that the boom was due to the post war depression and the recent legislation that aided in the renovation from the wartime economy to peacetime economy (Kallen 2002). As the baby boomer continued to develop, their presence affected many aspects in the social, political, economical, and the cultural aspects of the U.S. during those years, the manufactures of the baby products experienced high profits due to the high demand of products. Baby food, furniture and toys were supplied and they ran out of stock in a swift pace. The department of home development experienced unlimited growth as the new families aimed at securing better housing conditions (Danziger and Gottschalk 1993). There was the development of new schools that were supposed to cater for the increasing enrollment leading to the record number of new teaching circumstances. In the 1960s, baby boomers attributed to the economic growth. Clothing, food and music were popular aspects of interest among the teenagers and an approximate of $20 billion was collected from the sales annually.
Majority of the development and federal budget projections have the assumption that baby boomers will live longer compared to their parents. This is a logical assumption considering the improvements on the healthcare sector, introduction of new medicine, and the experience of 20th century of the increasing life expectancy. These factors have been termed to slow down the increase in human life span (Hudson 2009). There are counter arguments that focus on the boomers encountering issues like increased rates of obesity, cancer, high blood pressure and many indulge in suicide. The change in the trends has resulted to them gaining everything from the social security trust fund, resulting to the balance of many facilities that support their future lives(Baby Booming 1989). According to a recent research on the aspects of the baby boomers, there is a gain during the last century based on the retirement programs of the boomers. The increased lifespan of the boomers has raised questions and stirred debate among epidemiologists and other experts, because mortality continues to depreciate as people continue living longer, although the trend is quite slow (Kallen 2002).
Conclusion
The economic aspects are changing in 2030, and they are not expected to be no greater than the economic predicaments in the 1960s that was related to raising large number of children (Danziger and Gottschalk 1993). The actual challenges of taking care of the elderly will involve the following aspects;
- Ensuring that the society develops that imbursement and insurance coordination for the long-term care for the existing generations
- Utilizing the advanced medicine and the adequate healthy behaviors that keep the elderly active and strong
- Changing the form in which the society organizes the services of the elderly by making them accessible
- Hindering the cultural aspects of aging to ensure the integration of all ages into the community way of life
References
Baby Booming. (1989). California: Pyramid Film & Video.
Danziger, S., & Gottschalk, P. (1993). Uneven tides: Rising inequality in America. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Hudson, R. B. (2009). Boomer bust?: Economic and political issues of the graying society. Westport, Conn: Praeger.
Kallen, S. A. (2002). The baby boom. San Diego, Calif: Greenhaven Press.
