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AP-LifeGoesStrong.com Poll Reveals: 44% of All Baby Boomers are Not Confident That They Will Retire Comfortably

Two-Thirds of Boomers Call Social Security an "Extremely" or "Very" Important Source of Retirement Income


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NEW YORK, April 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A significant portion (44%) of Americans between the ages of 45 and 65 do not feel confident that they will have the financial resources to live comfortably during their retirement, according to the new AP-LifeGoesStrong.com Poll from The Associated Press (www.ap.org) and LifeGoesStrong.com (www.lifegoesstrong.com), a popular lifestyle website for baby boomers.

With boomers starting to retire, their financial worries are increasing. While 44 percent are not confident that they can retire comfortably, more than half (57%) report that they lost money in a retirement plan, personal investments or real estate during the recent economic downturn. Many are delaying retirement as a result: among those who lost money in the downturn, 42 percent say that loss has delayed their retirement.

"Economic anxiety has certainly taken its toll on baby boomers. Pensions, social security and individual savings plans like 401(k) accounts aren't secure enough to float the average boomer's retirement boat," said noted personal finance expert Valerie Coleman Morris, a guest blogger on LifeGoesStrong.com and author of  "Mind Over Money Matters: It's Your Money So Take it Personally" (Sterling & Ross Publishers, 2011).

Overall, 55 percent express at least some confidence that they will have the financial resources to live comfortably during their retirement, but only 11 percent have deep confidence that they are financially prepared.

Married boomers (61%) feel more confident that they are prepared than unmarried boomers (46%).

Among those with household incomes below $50,000, just 35 percent express confidence that they are financially prepared for retirement, compared with 66 percent among those in higher-income households.

Those who rate their own financial management skills poorly are downright terrified: just 14 percent express confidence that they have the money for retirement. Nearly half (47%) of self-confessed poor financial planners have no confidence at all.

Boomers' median retirement savings stands at $40,000, brought down somewhat by the sizable 24 percent who report having saved nothing for their retirement. Among all those who have saved at least something for retirement, the median stands at $100,000.

Just as startling is the boomer's dependence on Social Security, a financial "safety net" that is expected to run dry in 2037, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Asked to rate the relative importance of different sources of income in retirement, 65 percent of boomers called social security "extremely" or "very" important.

Here's how boomers rate those sources of income:

  • Social Security (65% extremely/very important)
  • A workplace retirement savings plan (42%)
  • An employer-paid pension plan (41%)
  • A personal savings account other than an IRA (35%)
  • Personal investments other than a retirement account (31%)
  • An IRA (31%)
  • Money from the sale of your home (17%)
  • Money from other family members (9%)

There are also stark differences by socio-economic status in whether boomers have even begun to save:

A narrow majority of those in households with incomes below $50,000 (51%) have saved nothing for their retirement, that falls to 17 percent among those with incomes between $50,000 and $100,000 and 7 percent among those in households with six-figure annual incomes.

Among boomers without a college degree, 37 percent have saved nothing, compared with 10 percent of boomers who have college degrees.

42 percent of all non-whites have saved nothing, compared with 24 percent of whites.

"Boomers are facing one of the most daunting retirement income challenges in history," observes Morris. "The 'new normal' needs to be: if I don't change my behavior, I won't be able to change anything. Start by saving a little bit of money from multiple places – modify cell phone plans, reduce cable channels, look for cheaper insurance, shop with coupons – rather than thinking of savings as what you put away after you take care of everything else."

Even for those who believe they will be able to retire, this rite of passage does not necessarily equal a life of leisure. Two-thirds (67%) plan to do some sort of work for pay once they have retired from their career, with a plurality saying they will do so in order to make ends meet (35%). Twenty-nine percent plan to work in order to stay busy, 26 percent to have money for extras and 2 percent are aiming for a second career.

Methodology:

The AP-LifeGoesStrong.com Poll of the boomer generation on work and retirement was conducted March 4-13, 2011 by Knowledge Networks of Menlo Park, Calif. It involved online interviews with 1,160 adults born between 1946 and 1964, as well as companion interviews with an additional 330 adults of other age groups. The survey has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.3 percentage points for all adults, 3.5 percentage points for baby boomers.

The survey was conducted using KnowledgePanel, which uses a probability-based design.  Respondents to the survey were first selected randomly for KnowledgePanel using phone or mail survey methods, and were later interviewed for this survey online. People selected for KnowledgePanel who didn't otherwise have access to the Internet were provided with the ability to access the Internet at no cost to them.

About LifeGoesStrong.com:

LifeGoesStrong.com (www.lifegoesstrong.com) was launched in May 2010 by Digital [email protected], a division of iVillage Networks, as a vibrant online destination for adults between 46 and 65 years of age who are living well and going strong. A network of websites celebrating the topics and passions at the center of the boomer generation's everyday lives, Life Goes Strong currently attracts over 1.5 million uniques a month, featuring verticals devoted to family, style, technology, health, home, work and play.

About the AP:

The Associated Press is the essential global news network, delivering fast, unbiased news from every corner of the world, to all media platforms and formats. Founded in 1846, AP today is the largest and most trusted source of independent news and information. On any given day, more than half the world's population sees news from AP.

Press Contacts:
Laura Goldberg
LifeGoesStrong.com
[email protected]
347-683-1859

Jack Stokes
The Associated Press
[email protected]
212-621-1720

SOURCE LifeGoesStrong.com

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