How Is the Recession Affecting Older Workers? (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)Author(s): Richard W. JohnsonWith nearly 300,000 Americans age 65 and older out of work, the recession is hitting older workers hard. Old-age unemployment rates are increasing more rapidly than in most previous downturns. This fact sheet provides the latest numbers on the employment situation for older Americans.
| Posted: December 17, 2008 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
How Is the Financial Crisis Affecting Retirement Savings? (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)Author(s): Mauricio SotoThe stock market lost 47 percent of its value between September 30, 2007 and December 2, 2008, a roughly $11 trillion drop. The loss has reduced the retirement savings of many Americans, particularly older adults. This fact sheet examines the impact of the ongoing economic turmoil on older households and presents estimates of the retirement account losses to date.
| Posted: December 10, 2008 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
A Quick Look at U.S. Households and Their Assets (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)Author(s): The Urban InstituteBoosting assets enables individuals and households to invest in life goals and to enhance long-term economic stability and social protections. This fact sheet, drawn from Asset Building and Low-Income Families, presents an array of key statistics.
| Posted: December 09, 2008 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
How Is the Economic Turmoil Affecting Older Americans? (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)Author(s): Richard W. Johnson,
Mauricio Soto,
Sheila R. ZedlewskiThe slumping stock market, falling housing prices, and weakening economy have serious repercussions for older Americans who are approaching retirement or already retired. Seniors have little time to recoup the values of their homes, 401(k) plans, and individual retirement accounts-all important parts of their retirement nest eggs. More and more older adults are working to bolster their retirement incomes, but the rising unemployment rate limits their prospects. This fact sheet examines the impact of the ongoing economic turmoil on retirement savings, home values, and retirement decisions.
| Posted: October 07, 2008 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
Impact of Rising Gas Prices on Below-Poverty Commuters (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)Author(s): Christopher HayesWhile the increase in gas prices has increased costs for all commuters, workers from households whose income is below the federal poverty level pay a larger proportion of their income for gas. This fact sheet uses data from the 2006 American Community Survey to quantify the relative burden of gas use for commuting.
| Posted: October 02, 2008 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
Preventing Shoplifting (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)Author(s): Nancy G. La Vigne,
Michelle L. Scott,
Kevonne M. SmallThis guide is designed to provide merchants and retailers with a framework for understanding the underlying causes of their shoplifting problems and developing effective strategies to reduce shoplifting. It describes ways in which data on shoplifting can be collected and analyzed; helps readers identify and close off opportunities for shoplifting; and provides guidance on measuring the impact of those strategies. The guide offers an array of shoplifting prevention strategies that may prove effective, including: conducting employee bag checks at the end of each shift; partnering with local schools on anti-truancy efforts; increasing visible security guard presence during after-school hours; and tightening inventory control protocols.
| Posted: June 30, 2008 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
Preventing Public Disorder (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)Author(s): Nancy G. La Vigne,
Tobi Palmer,
Michelle L. ScottThis guide provides guidance to merchants and their law enforcement partners in developing strategies to prevent public disorder problems, such as public intoxication, vandalism, and loitering. The guide walks readers through the process of understanding the root causes of public disorders, identifying potential strategies, and measuring the impact of those strategies. While public disorder problems vary based on local context, promising strategies to address them include: broadcasting classical music; improving lighting in parking facilities and building exteriors; securing perimeters to limit pedestrian access; and establishing policies and sanctions regarding acceptable public behavior.
| Posted: June 30, 2008 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
Preventing Retail Burglary (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)Author(s): Nancy G. La Vigne,
Michelle L. Scott,
Colleen OwensThis guide is tailored toward private businesses interested in new approaches to the prevention of retail burglary. Designed to encourage partnerships between businesses and local law enforcement, the guide walks readers through the process of understanding retail burglary, collecting crime data, identifying potential strategies, and measuring the impact of those strategies. Several promising strategies for preventing retail burglary are highlighted, including: removing obstructions from windows to provide a clear line of sight into stores from the street and parking lot; improving lighting around doorways and other entry points; launching a public awareness campaign to inform would-be burglars of legal repercussions of burglarizing; and limiting inventory on-hand.
| Posted: June 30, 2008 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
Preventing Panhandling (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)Author(s): Nancy G. La Vigne,
Michelle L. Scott,
Tobi PalmerThis guide is designed to equip local merchants and retailers with problem solving strategies aimed at reducing panhandling in and around their properties. Focusing heavily on the value of partnerships with law enforcement, the guide walks readers through the process of understanding their panhandling problem; collecting crime data; identifying potential strategies; and measuring the impact of those strategies. Several promising strategies to reduce panhandling are described, including: providing informational brochures about available social services to panhandlers; requiring all vendors to have permits; initiating civilian patrols to monitor and discourage activity; and prohibiting the sale of single servings of alcohol through a city ordinance.
| Posted: June 27, 2008 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
Preventing Vandalism (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)Author(s): Michelle L. Scott,
Nancy G. La Vigne,
Tobi PalmerThis guide is designed to encourage retailers to partner with local law enforcement to prevent vandalism occurring in and around their properties. The guide walks readers through the process of understanding the nature of their local vandalism problem, collecting and analyzing data, identifying potential strategies to reduce vandalism, and measuring the impact of those strategies. Promising strategies to reduce vandalism are described, including: monitoring vandalism prone areas; using graffiti resistant paint; and applying protective film to glass surfaces to minimize acid damage.
| Posted: June 27, 2008 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
