These questions refer directly to the fifteen
factors of retirement success and great variability
exists from person to person. Knowledge about
retirement is often skimpy and many times imprecise.
This questionnaire may raise your awareness of areas
you need to pay special attention to in your
retirement planning
Directions: Decide whether you believe the
statements below are more true or more false.
Mark the false statements with an F, and the true
statements with a T.
| _____ |
1. Most workers slow down and become
less productive the closer they get to
retirement. |
| _____ |
2. Generally the closer people get to
their retirement the more apt they are to
resist it. |
| _____ |
3. People who direct their lives
themselves do better in retirement than
those who let others make their decisions
for them. |
| _____ |
4. People who are healthy when they
retire generally continue in good health
well into their retirement years. |
| _____ |
5. The average income of retirees has
declined in the last decade due to high
rates of inflation. |
| _____ |
6. If you're happy now before you
retire, chances are you'll be happy when you
do retire. |
| _____ |
7. About half the people in retirement
report being chronically depressed, lonely,
and/or sad. |
| _____ |
8. Men find a more difficult emotional
adjustment into retirement than do women.
|
| _____ |
9. The most personally satisfied
retirees are those who have hobbies,
activities, "causes", or active leisure
pursuits. |
| _____ |
10. People who are opinionated and
somewhat rigid in their thinking do better
in retirement because they know what they
want. |
| _____ |
11. People who reminisce a lot tend not
to do well in retirement. |
| _____ |
12. When a person has others who are
dependent upon him/her either financially or
emotionally, they tend to retire earlier
rather than later. |
| _____ |
13. A happy marriage/special
relationship equals a successful retirement.
|
| _____ |
14. Most people retire because they feel
themselves getting old. |
| _____ |
15. One of the best ways to genuinely
enjoy your retirement is to find suitable
replacements for what your job formerly gave
you in the way of satisfactions. |
