Healthy and happy
Aussies remain positive about retirement years
Despite increasing talk about ‘longevity’ risk and the realisation that people will be living longer lives, Australians generally have a positive, active and responsible attitude toward retirement, according to a study by AXA.
AXA’s 2010 Retirement Scope survey revealed 95 per cent of working Australians saw their retirement years as a moment in life they had to prepare for financially, but beyond working Australians also saw retirement as a time to dedicate to leisure, new activities and socialising.
Eighty-seven per cent of Australian surveyed saw retirement as a time to take care of themselves and an opportunity to get involved in group projects, and 83 per cent saw it as a time to start or create a new activity.
Spending more time with relatives also rated highly, with 78 per cent of respondents agreeing.
Overall Australians were less focussed on the negative aspects of retirement, such as ill health and dependence (38 per cent), and more focussed on positive aspects of retirement, such as getting involved in new activities and having more time to themselves.
An impressive 83 per cent identified retirement as an opportunity to start a new professional activity or create a new activity.
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As at 30th March 2011, AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Limited and all of its Australian and New Zealand subsidiaries ceased to be members of the Global AXA Group and became members of the AMP Group.
