European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Marriage la Sivo group of americans born in 1he 15 tars Aller. Orl Warll. The group first overwhelmed maker of Bah goods and then Itie nation s schools while creating a Giangr of Market Fomous and Lhnn Leen age 5 goods ii wept Inlo Young adulthood by swamping High schools and colleges and now is standing on the Erge of Middle age baby Boomers have not followed the traditional Altern of marriage and family preferring to pursue durations and careers and confounding statisticians and population experts now Russell drawing on her work As an editor and student of population looks at what these millions of dung people have done so far and projects their actions into the future. Her report that marriage will be an important Factor financial Welt being already occurring is extended i the Book Wilh other marital predictions including baby Boom men will be As dependent on Carriage As baby Boom women. Powei than one i Fly of baby Boom women will Pend their lives As housewives. A baby Boom marriage will Las 23 years. On verage. One baby Boomer in six will have no children. One Laby Doomer in 10 will wish she had children record numbers of baby Boom women will have Hildren without a husband most of the baby Boom s children will see their Arenas divorce. In addition to predicting family life and income Ond Lions Russell takes on a variety of other issues. For example she predicts that by 1995, some 80 Ercell of baby Boom women will have jobs outside be Home. In 30 years one third of the nation s lectors lawyers and business managers will be Omen. But by the year 2000, women still will earn on a Boul three quarters of men s income. As baby Boomers Hunt Lor jobs fringe benefits will in As important As salary she says and on average timbers of this generation will have 10 different jobs luring their working lives. Molt baby Boomer will fall into the Middle class he anticipates Wilh one family in Lour making $50,000 i More by 1995. Forty percent of baby Boom ouse dds will have Money to spend an luxuries to baby Boom will keep the Stock Market vol Alfe m the rest of this Century Russell predicts. But the jul enl Boomers will be those who get out of debt. Baby Boom vacations will be Shorter but More i Requel than is common now they will do a lot of hopping by mail and this will Hurt shopping malls Loor nera will buy imports and will help create a new it usury thai will sell them in Middle age the Boomers will become More anger native and will polarise into two Camps the and Tho non religious. Bui most will ind up somewhere in Between. Eight out of 10 Boomers will live to age 65, bul most ill retire before then she says like Many americans. Social Security will account for the largest share of heir retirement income although two thirds will get Iurna pension Bene Lils baby Boomers will not be Able to save enough on heir own for a combo Blablo . Russell edicts. But those who live Only far today will wind up elderly paupers most Boomers will Lee Al in Middle age and they i Ull create a Boom in plastic surgery As they spend the i esl of their lives Iryma to look Young. Russell says a in old age medical Bills will be Thea largest single i Spense Many will buy nursing Homo insurance anal it million Boomers will live to age 100 or More i the baby Boom will nol grow Oid gracefully the it hysteria has already marriage License Bureau applications monday Friday 9am-4pm Tom tobit revue written connects Tel win couple outlining tit to incl Boa Tiiu off a of the in of own or Sopor it a Tom nor its own Laws governing prenuptial agreements. In such states As new York. New Jersey Ond Connecticut prenuptial pacts allow signatories to opt out of or supersede Laws thai would otherwise cover the disposition of family assets some elements in an agreement that Deal with Lile style or similar issues May not be uphold though despite their inclusion in the document the agreement has to be fair when made and Ian Al the time of execution Sard dons Jonas freed a new York matrimonial lawyer i draw up agreements As if they Aie separation agreements " a major negative aspect to the signing of a Legal document Blore a marriage staling whal financial arrangements will be made a Case of divorce a worst Case scenario is that
