Which of the following statements best describes your current retirement savings situation? I don't need to save for retirement because Social Security and my pension will take care of me. I want to save every month, but don't seem to have enough money to do it. I regularly save some money for retirement, or I am saving a lot of money for retirement.

 

Black Population

General Population

 

Don't Need

to Save

%

Want to Save but Can't

%

Saving A lot

%

D/K

%

(N)

Don't Need to Save

%

Want to Save but Can't

%

Saving A lot

%

D/K

%

(N)

Total

18

46

26

11

850

13

44

35

9

850

White

-

-

 

-

-

12

43

37

8

709

Men

Women

20

15

38

54

32

20

11

10

400

450

13

13

41

46

38

31

8

10

412

438

18-25

26-35

36-50

51-64

65+

25

11

13

17

25

22

64

58

47

23

34

18

22

28

32

20

7

7

8

20

127

168

257

175

88

15

9

8

16

25

48

62

45

33

25

23

27

45

39

24

15

2

3

11

26

76

160

301

175

106

Northeast

Midwest

South

West

19

14

18

18

49

55

43

42

21

23

30

16

11

8

9

24

153

156

452

88

12

14

13

14

58

39

42

39

27

41

36

32

4

7

9

15

172

205

296

177

Less Than HS

HS Graduate

Some College/Tech/Voc

College/Postgraduate Degree

12

14

19

19

41

49

56

42

13

24

20

35

34

14

5

4

97

277

184

259

31

15

8

12

33

47

55

35

35

22

30

49

-

16

8

4

51

228

239

315

Less than $15,000

$15-$35,000

$35-$75,000

More than $75,000

12

8

17

40

52

56

49

33

13

16

30

28

23

20

4

-

75

129

250

104

24

17

12

11

67

57

43

29

4

24

37

57

4

3

9

4

45

157

328

164

Children

No Children

13

17

54

43

19

31

14

9

326

470

10

15

49

36

36

36

5

12

318

470