DID YOU KNOW THAT:
- women live, on the average, seven more years than men?
- despite advances toward equal pay, women still earn
only 73 cents on the dollar compared to men?
- women's financial status is affected by their tendency to
shoulder multiple family roles - as breadwiner, wife,parent,
and caregiver for an older relative - often all at the same
time?
- the average social security retiremenet benefit of women lags
behind that of men by about $200/month?
- over her lifetime, the average woman will earn a total of
$300,000 less than the average man?
- Women are less likely to have an employer pension than men?
- for the first time, more older women living alone are divorced
than widowed?
In other words, retirement is going to be more difficult for women. We need to create new and interesting options for living our lives.
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