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Title: LGBT Boomers Worried About Future
Post by: LostInTime on November 29, 2006, 06:49:41 AM
Post by: LostInTime on November 29, 2006, 06:49:41 AM
link (http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/11/112806aging.htm)
LGBT Baby Boomers are more worried than the general public about their financial stability and care as they approach their twilight years a new study shows.
The survey, Out and Aging, was conducted by pollster Zogby International for MetLife and the Lesbian & Gay Aging Issues Network of the American Society on Aging. It is considered the first comprehensive study on LGBT aging concerns.
It found that both gay men and lesbians fear outliving their income in retirement, but that lesbians were most worried. Sixty percent of women were concerned about their economic future while 55 percent of gay men said they feared running out of money.
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The study involved 1,000 people who identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transsexual between the ages of 40 to 61.
LGBT Baby Boomers are more worried than the general public about their financial stability and care as they approach their twilight years a new study shows.
The survey, Out and Aging, was conducted by pollster Zogby International for MetLife and the Lesbian & Gay Aging Issues Network of the American Society on Aging. It is considered the first comprehensive study on LGBT aging concerns.
It found that both gay men and lesbians fear outliving their income in retirement, but that lesbians were most worried. Sixty percent of women were concerned about their economic future while 55 percent of gay men said they feared running out of money.
[...]
The study involved 1,000 people who identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transsexual between the ages of 40 to 61.
Title: Re: LGBT Boomers Worried About Future
Post by: Stormy Weather on November 29, 2006, 10:51:05 AM
Post by: Stormy Weather on November 29, 2006, 10:51:05 AM
Completely empathise with this. Rebuilding my finances in my forties is proving slightly difficult. Still, what can you do?