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  • MetLife Study Finds Contrary to Predictions, Boomers Are Retiring

    April 10, 2012 by Deb Caruso

    Business Wire, Inc.

    More Than 60% of 65-Year-Olds Already Collecting Social Security

    WESTPORT, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Despite the popular belief that Baby Boomers will continue to work well past the traditional retirement age of 65, those born in 1946 are retiring in droves, according to Transitioning into Retirement: The MetLife Study of Baby Boomers at 65. This study is a follow–up to the 2008 MetLife Mature Market Institute study, Boomer Bookends: Insights into the Oldest and Youngest Boomers (released in 2009), which looked at the same segment of Boomers at age 62 and includes 450 of the same interview subjects from the original study.

    The study reports that 59% of the first Boomers to turn 65 are at least partially retired – 45% are completely retired and 14% are retired, but working part-time. Of those still working, 37% say they’ll retire in the next year and on average plan to do so by the time they’re 68. Half (51%) of those who are retired say they retired earlier than they had expected. Of those who retired early, four-in-ten say they did so for health reasons. The majority (85%) of respondents consider themselves healthy, and almost all (96%) retirees say they like retirement at least somewhat. Seven-in-ten (70%) like it a lot.

    Almost two-thirds, 63% of respondents, are already collecting Social Security benefits, and on average began doing so at the age of 63, defying the conventional wisdom that people would choose to wait to receive benefits until a later age in order to receive a higher payout. Among those in the survey, just over 60% are confident that the Social Security system will be able to provide adequate benefits for their lifetime.

    Regarding the attitude of these respondents, the data shows that 43% of those polled are optimistic about the future. Of the 19% who are pessimistic about what’s ahead, 49% fault the government and 21% blame the economy. The 65-year-old Boomers do not consider themselves old; on average they won’t consider themselves to be old until they’re age 79, a year older than reported in 2007.

    “Many of the Boomers weathered the recession well and have been able to stop working. Half of all Boomers feel confident that they are on track or have already hit their retirement goals,” said Sandra Timmermann, Ed.D., director of the MetLife Mature Market Institute. “We found that more are homeowners today than 2008, that the value of their homes decreased by only about 5.2% on average, that the majority feel they’re in good health and that 83% have grandchildren. Overall, it’s a pretty confident group of Americans.”

    Additional findings:

    • The average retirement age for the 1946 Boomers is 59.7 for men and 57.2 for women.
    • 24% have a living parent.
    • 84% are parents; 83% are grandparents, up from 77% in 2008.
    • Of those not retired, 61% plan to retire at the same age as they planned one year ago.
    • 31% of 65-year-old Boomers think they were at their sharpest mentally in their 40s; only 20% say they’re at their sharpest today.
    • Home ownership increased significantly among the studied cohort since 2008, from 85% to 93%.
    • 71% are married or in a domestic partnership; 12% are divorced or separated; 10% are widowed and 7% are single.

    Methodology

    Transitioning into Retirement: The MetLife Study of Baby Boomers at 65was conducted by GfK Custom Research North America on behalf of the MetLife Mature Market Institute in November 2011. A total of 1,012 respondents born in 1946 were surveyed by random digit-dial telephone contact. The sample was among 942 respondents from the previous wave of Boomer Bookends: Insights into the Oldest and Youngest Boomers who agreed to be re-contacted. A total of 450 respondents completed the follow-up survey. The sample was supplemented by an additional sample of 562 respondents from Dunhill. Data were weighted by demographics to be representative of the total U.S. Baby Boomer population.

    The MetLife Mature Market Institute®

    Celebrating its 15-year anniversary in 2012, the MetLife Mature Market Institute is Metropolitan Life Insurance Company’s (MetLife) center of expertise in aging, longevity and the generations and is a recognized thought leader by business, the media, opinion leaders and the public. The Institute’s groundbreaking research, insights, strategic partnerships and consumer education expand the knowledge and choices for those in, approaching or working with the mature market.

    The Institute supports MetLife’s long-standing commitment to identifying emerging issues and innovative solutions for the challenges of life. MetLife, Inc. is a leading global provider of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs, serving 90 million customers in over 50 countries. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, MetLife holds leading market positions in the United States, Japan, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. For more information, please visit: www.MatureMarketInstitute.com.

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    Deb Caruso, 212-971-9708
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    Originally Posted at InsuranceNewsNet on April 3, 2012 by Deb Caruso.

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