The Great Generational Divide: Expectations vs. Reality

Published: Aug. 14, 2009, 4 a.m.

A new Pew Research Center study on aging has revealed the largest generation gap since conflicting opinions on Vietnam, civil rights, and women's liberation divided the nation 40 years ago. Almost eight in ten people now believe there is a difference of opinion split by age. This final installment of the Great Generational Divide series focuses on what young people expect when, or if, they retire and what those who've retired have found once they got there.