United States - working past retirement age 2013

This statistic shows the results of a survey among American workers in 2013 regarding working after they have reached retirement age. 15 percent of respondents said they were planning on continuing their work fulltime.

Do you think you will continue working when you reach retirement age, or stop working altogether?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Continue working, and work full-time	15%
Continue working, and work part-time	61%
Stop working altogether	22%
No opinion	1%

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Release date

May 2013

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Region

United States

Survey time period

April 4-14, 2013*

Number of respondents

1,005 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

The source poses the question as follows: "When you reach retirement age, do you think you will continue working, and work full time, continue working, and work part-time, (or) stop working altogether?"

*According to the source, "results are based on telephone interviews conducted April 4-7, 2013 with a random sample of 1,005 adults, aged 18+, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia."

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