AEGON's retirement readiness survey shows that people are not willing to work longer to bridge the pension gap.

1. NEARLY HALF REJECT INCREASE TO RETIREMENT AGE
WHAT SHOULD GOVERNMENT DO TO ADDRESS THE FINANCIAL IMPACT
OF AN AGING POPULATION ON STATE PENSIONS?
5 OUT OF 10 PEOPLE SURVEYED BELIEVE RETIREMENT AGE
SHOULD STAY THE SAME
65%* 37%*
HUNGARY FRANCE
51%* 32%*
UNITED
GERMANY
STATES
*
TOTALS
TOTAL COUNTRY GENDER
5.0%
17.0%
46.7% 19.4% 9000
11.8%
FRANCE GERMANY HUNGARY
Retirement age should
increase in line with increases
in life expectancy
20.3% 12.8%
Retirement age should
21.6% 41.4%
increase except for those in
dangerous jobs or manual POLAND SPAIN SWEDEN 3.8%
workers
Retirement age should
increase but the increase
should be capped irrespective
of how much life expectancy 13.8% 10.9%
improves
17.2% 52.0%
Retirement age should remain
unchanged. People are already 6.2%
THE UNITED UNITED
expected to work long enough
NETHERLANDS KINGDOM STATES
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The Changing Face of Retirement – The AEGON Retirement Readiness Survey 2012