What's the survey for?
I was curious about what most people (not financial advisors) think about retiring and unretiring , so I assumed others who visit this website might also be curious. The primary intents of the survey were to learn what dollar amount is considered to be adequate for retirement, what amount of monthly income is estimated to be required, and whether people plan to remain employed to some extent after retirement. I also hoped to compare answers from those already retired to those of people not yet retired.
I compiled initial results from the survey and put them on a Survey Results page in January 2003. There, you'll also find a link to Survey Results 02, which contains cumulative results through January 2004. Finally, I've put together final results as of March 2006 and put them at Survey Results 03. These results are very detailed, so I'd recommend just looking at #03, unless you're really into data analyais. NOTE: These pages are on the old website, so you'll open a new window. To return here, simply close that window.
I've included the original survey below, so you can see what people were responding to.
To look at the survey -- Please click on one of the following:
My age is:
Planned Retirement Year:
Survey for Those Who are Not Yet Retired
Planned Retirement Monthly Expenses:
$ Needed to Retire:
My Retirement Home Will Be (Check one or more):
Hours per Week that I Plan to Work After Retiring:
Approx.
Current
Monthly Income:
Work Plans After Retiring:
My age is:
Retirement Year:
Survey for Those Who are Already Retired
Retirement Monthly Expenses:
$ Avail at Retirement:
Retirement Home is (Check one or more):
Hours per Week that I Work:
Probability of Unretiring:
Work Occupation:
My age is:
Retirement Year:
Survey for Those Who are Unretired
Retirement Monthly Expenses:
$ Avail at Retirement:
Retirement Home is (Check one or more):
Hours per Week that I Work:
Year Planning to Retire Again:
Work Occupation:
The Survey is over! I'm leaving the info here to make it a little easier to understand the results, for those interested enough to go look at them.
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RETIREMENT SURVEY