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| List of Tables and Figures | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| The Implications of Future Population Change in America: The Rationale and Scope for an Assessment | |
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| Focus, Rationale, and Intended Uses for the Work | |
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| Topical Organization of the Text | |
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| Limitations of the Book | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Demographic Context of Change in America | |
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| America's Demographic Past: Setting the Framework for the Future | |
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| The International Context of Population Change in the United States | |
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| An Overview of Demographic Change in the United States | |
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| Summary and Implications of Current U.S. Population Patterns | |
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| America's Future Population: Analyzing Alternative Demographic Futures | |
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| The Methods and Assumptions Underlying Population Projections | |
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| Projections of the Future Population of the United States | |
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| Alternative Projections of the U.S. Population | |
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| Summary and Implications of Future Population Change in the United States | |
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| The Implications of Population: Change for America's Future | |
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| The Labor Force: Implications for America's Competitiveness | |
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| Historical Trends in the Labor Force | |
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| The Future Size and Characteristics of the labor Force of the United States | |
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| Implications of Future Changes in the Labor Force of the United States | |
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| Summary and Implications of Future Labor-Force Change in the United States | |
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| Population Change, Household Structure, and Income and Poverty in America | |
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| The Linkages Between Demographic and Economic Factors | |
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| Future Patters of Household Change | |
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| Implications of Population Change for Income and Poverty in America | |
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| Summary and Implications of Demographic Change for Income and Poverty | |
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| Demographic Change and Business in America | |
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| Implications for Consumer Expenditures and Discretionary Income | |
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| Implications for Selected Business Sectors | |
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| Summary and Implications of Demographic Change for American Business | |
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| Population Change, Services, Revenues, and Expenditures | |
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| Education and Health Service Needs: Past and Present | |
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| Future Education and Health Care Needs | |
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| Implications of Population Change for Education and Health Care | |
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| Implications for Public Costs and Revenues | |
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| Summary and Implications of Population Change for Services, Taxes, and Revenues | |
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| Summary, Conclusions, and Implications | |
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| Summary of Major Findings | |
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| General Implications for American Society | |
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| Conclusion: Knowing the Future Is Impossible but Assessing It Is Essential | |
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| Notes | |
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| Reference Tables | |
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| References | |
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| About the Book and Author | |
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| Index | |