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Which one of the following best describes your plan for retirement?
Plan for retirement · Asked in 2 waves, 2013–2014 · 6,180 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | I do not plan to retire |
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Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Work fewer hours as I get close to retirement |
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| Retire from my current career, but then find a different full-time job |
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| Retire from my current career, but then find a different part-time job |
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| Retire from my current career, but then work for myself |
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| Work full time until I retire, then stop working altogether |
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| Keep working as long as possible |
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| Other (Please specify) |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 12% | 9% | 2% | 12% | 8% | 21% | 26% | 11% | 4414 | ±2 | |
| White | 11% | 8% | 2% | 13% | 7% | 22% | 25% | 12% | 3104 | ±2 | |
| Black | 16% | 8% | 3% | 11% | 9% | 18% | 23% | 12% | 493 | ±6 | |
| Hispanic | 17% | 10% | 2% | 8% | 8% | 17% | 29% | 9% | 496 | ±5 | |
| Asian | 11% | 14% | 3% | 16% | 8% | 20% | 25% | 2% | 114 | ±11 | |
| Other | 8% | 13% | 3% | 10% | 11% | 19% | 32% | 4% | 207 | ±11 |
SHED 2014 · US adults 18+. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.