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September 03, 2003 at 08:00 PM
NU Online News Service, Sept. 3, 2003, 5:30 p.m. EDT – Baby boomers believe they will need an average of about $4,292 per month to live the way they want to live during retirement, according to results of a telephone survey conducted by Harris Interactive Inc., Rochester, N.Y.
When Harris researchers interviewed 1,474 U.S. residents between the ages of 24 and 57 earlier this year for The Allstate Corp., Northbrook, Ill., they found that the younger participants, who belong to what demographers often call “Generation X,” estimated they would need an average of $3,443 per month during retirement.
The researchers also found that sex and ethnic background affected the estimates.
Women expected to need an average monthly income of only $3,657, but men thought they would need $4,869.
The average was $4,726 for white survey participants, $3,104 for Hispanic participants and $2,787 for African-American participants.
