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Only about half (51%) of all current retirees say they retired because they wanted to. About a third (32%) say they had to retire for health or other reasons, and about one-in-ten (9%) say their employer forced them to retire. Even so, retirement gets high marks. More than half of all retirees (57%) say their retirement has turned out to be very satisfying; an additional 23% say it has been fairly satisfying. Only about one-in-six describe retirement as not too (10%) or not at all (6%) satisfying. But those who voluntarily retired are twice as likely as reluctant retirees to report that their retirement has turned out to be \u201cvery satisfying\u201d (75% vs. 37%). Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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