Boomer Stat of the Week

  • Two-thirds of the oldest boomers are not only financially unprepared for retirement, but they also don't realize it.

    McKinsey & Co.

  • Ninety-four percent of boomers plan to vote in the presidential election. Forty-eight percent say they would vote for Barack Obama, while 40 percent say they would vote for John McCain.

    Viacom Inc.


  • Twenty-five percent of video and computer game players are over 50. Eighty percent said they play for the intellectual challenge.

    Georgia Institute of Technology


  • Fifty-three percent of affluent boomers born between 1956 and 1964 have not completed a retirement plan. Forty-two percent of boomers born between 1946 and 1955 have not done so.

    Cogent Research


  • Approximately 20 percent of affluent boomers expect to work in retirement to supplement their income or provide reasonable insurance coverage.

    Cogent Research


  • Based on data from 2007, 1 in 20 Americans between 50 and 59 have taken illicit drugs in a 30-day period.

    National Survey on Drug Use and Health


  • Seventy-one percent of boomers plan to continue working as part of their "ideal retirement." Of those, half plan on never stopping work completely.

    Merrill Lynch


  • Baby boomers make up 28 percent of the part-time workforce.

    AARP and RetirementJobs.com


  • Sixty percent of early boomers would be prepared for retirement by working until age 70, compared with 31 percent of early boomers who retire at 65.

    McKinsey & Co.


  • Almost 10 percent of people aged 55 to 64 have 20 or more standard drinks in a week, compared to 8 percent of those aged 18 to 24.

    GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Health Index