Retirement: Do you plan to work after retiring?
- January 4, 2011 3:20 PM |
- By POV
By CBC News
More than a third of Canadians say they'll need to keep working to pay the bills after they retire, a survey suggests.
The survey conducted by Harris/Decima on behalf of Scotiabank indicates nearly 70 per cent of Canadians plan to work after retirement. Thirty-eight per cent of those surveyed said they'll be working out of financial necessary.
Seventy-two per cent of respondents said they intend to work to remain mentally active, while 57 per cent said they'd work to stay socially active during retirement.
Five per cent of respondents said they are counting on a lottery win to see them through their retirement years.
The Harris/Decima survey was conducted between Oct. 14 and 25. The sample size was 1,011, which results in a margin of error of 3.08 per cent 19 times out of 20.
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Do you plan to keep working after you retire? Are you retired but still working? What advice do you have for people saving for their retirement? Let us know in the comments section below.
(This survey is not scientific. It is based on readers' responses.)
(This survey is not scientific. It is based on readers' responses.)
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