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Article: Americans Say Good Health Key to Satisfying Retirement; Relationships, Money, Faith and Personal Legacy Take Back Seat.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- March 3, 2005
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Good health is the key to a satisfying retirement according to a plurality of Americans (48 percent) in a recent national Thrivent Financial survey of non-retired adults. In fact, about three times as many Americans said good health is the most important contributor to a person's quality of life in retirement as did those who cited religious faith (17 percent), relationships with others (15 percent), or having enough money (15 percent). Leaving a personal legacy (3 percent) greatly lagged as a contributing factor.
Health issues also served as Americans' greatest worries about their retirement years. Twenty-eight percent of Americans said poor ...