Mature American women expect to live long lives and know that the retirement lifestyle they want will require significant financial resources. However, their actual planning and preparation lag.
Source: MetLife Study of Women, Retirement, and the Extra-Long Life: Implications for Planning, produced by the MetLife Mature Market Institute, in conjunction with the Scripps Gerontology Center of Miami University, 2011
Representative findings:
- Seven out of 10 mature women are concerned about affording health care and long-term care costs in retirement
- 54% of women are concerned about outliving their retirement resources
- Women are less likely than men to calculate retirement income and expenses
- The “Three Cs”—Communication + Compatibility = Confidence—is a formula for how married couples can improve their active retirement planning
- Note: The findings are not surprising to professionals in fields related to retirement planning. However, this report does an excellent job of combining original research findings with demographic and other data.
Article angles:
- Summarize and report the trends
- Does your company’s or industry’s experience differ from these broad trends? Or more likely, does it reflect these same trends?
- How is your company or industry positioning itself to benefit from reported trends?
- Case studies or representative stories about how mature adults have planned for and implemented successful retirements.
- How are your employees preparing for retirement?
Background info on this study:
A national survey of 1,007 retired and employed men and women ages 50 to 70, supplemented with in-depth structured interviews of 50 individuals and couples.
Survey report: http://www.metlife.com/assets/cao/mmi/publications/studies/2011/mmi-women-retirement-extra-long-life.pdf
Link to video: http://www.metlife.com/mmi/research/women-retirement-extra-long-life.html#findings
