The Big Debate: Living Longer
Are the baby boomers having it all at the expense of the next generations? We are living longer than ever before but are we planning properly for the future? Isabel Fraser and a studio audience debate the consequences of an ageing population with a panel of senior politicians.
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- Clip length: 48'33''
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Sociology | How are family life and relationships changing? | Nuclear families, extended families, lone parent families, reconstituted families, same-sex families, non-family households, lone-person households. Family life and diversity: emerging family types, trends in marriage, divorce and cohabitation. Demographic changes: birth rate, family size, age at marriage, age of childbearing, ageing population.
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
- Provider: BBC
- Channel: BBC One
- Programme: The Big Debate: Living Longer
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