73%*
33.6%
26.1%
14.4%
0.8%
16.9% 8.3%
26.8%
25.8%
15.1%
1.1%
18.4% 12.8%
UNITED STATES
69%*
UNITED KINGDOM
55%*
THENETHERLANDS
44%*
FRANCE
FRANCE GERMANY HUNGARY
POLAND SPAIN SWEDEN
THE NETHERLANDS
UNITEDKINGDOM
UNITED STATES
LOOKING AHEAD, HOW DO YOU ENVISION YOUR TRANSITION TO RETIREMENT?
GENDERTOTAL
“RETIREMENT CLIFF” GIVING WAY TO PHASED RETIREMENT
COUNTRY
* TOTALS + + COMBINED
6 OUT OF 10 PEOPLE SURVEYED DO NOT EXPECT A TRADITIONAL “RETIREMENT CLIFF” EXPERIENCE
8100*
30.1%
25.9%17.7%
14.7%
10.6%1%
I will immediately stop working altogether and enter full retirement
* 900 of the 9000 survey respondents had already retired and are therefore not included in this question.
I will change the way I work (e.g. working part-time or on temporary contracts) but only for a while
I will change the way I work (e.g. working part-time or on temporary contracts) and I will continue paid work
I will keep working as I currently do. Retirement age won’t make a difference to the way I work
Other
Don’t know
The Changing Face of Retirement – The AEGON Retirement Readiness Survey 2012