This statistic presents the reasons for working in retirement in the United States in 2017. It was found that 60 percent of the respondents worked on retirement because they wanted to keep active/keep their brain alert.
Reasons for working in retirement in the United States in 2017
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Which, if any, of the following are important reasons for you continuing to work to some extent in retirement?" *The findings in this report are based on the responses of 14,400 employees and 1,600 retired people in 15 countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Aegon. (May 31, 2017). Reasons for working in retirement in the United States in 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/560097/reasons-for-working-on-retirement-usa/
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