This statistic shows the confidence of American citizens in their private assets and income to last throughout their retirement years in 2009 and 2011, sorted by their respective generation. The silent generation was born between 1928 and 1945; the Boomer generation was born between 1946 and 1964; generation X was born between 1965 and 1980 and the Millennial generation was born between 1981 and 1993. 53 percent of the respondents of generation X were confident in their assets for retirement.
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Pew Research Center. (November 3, 2011). How confident are you that you will have enough income and assets to last throughout your retirement years? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/206496/attitude-towards-income-security-in-the-us-by-generation/
Pew Research Center. "How confident are you that you will have enough income and assets to last throughout your retirement years?." Chart. November 3, 2011. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/206496/attitude-towards-income-security-in-the-us-by-generation/
Pew Research Center. (2011). How confident are you that you will have enough income and assets to last throughout your retirement years?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/206496/attitude-towards-income-security-in-the-us-by-generation/
Pew Research Center. "How Confident Are You That You Will Have Enough Income and Assets to Last throughout Your Retirement Years?." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Nov 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/206496/attitude-towards-income-security-in-the-us-by-generation/
Pew Research Center, How confident are you that you will have enough income and assets to last throughout your retirement years? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/206496/attitude-towards-income-security-in-the-us-by-generation/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
How confident are you that you will have enough income and assets to last throughout your retirement years? [Graph], Pew Research Center, November 3, 2011. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/206496/attitude-towards-income-security-in-the-us-by-generation/
