Retirement obstacles

• 71%: Percentage of retirees who are worried about having enough money for retirement.
• 56%: Percentage of retirees who believe their retirement will be as good or better than their parents.
• 59%: Percentage of people surveyed who have done no serious calculations of retirement needs.
• 37%: Percentage of workers who are forced into early retirement.*
• 28%: Percentage of workers who retire due to their own health problems.*
• 25%: Percentage of workers who retire to care for a family member.*

Top five retirement obstacles:

• Waiting too long to begin saving: 35%
• Health care and insurance costs: 32%
• Low-paying work: 29%
• Credit card debt: 28%
• Housing costs: 27%

Source: AARP
*Source: EBRI