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internet in the last 3 months. There are differences within, as well as between, age groups Older women are less likely to use the internet than older men. Among all age groups disabled people are less ... Gender Older women are less likely to be recent internet users than older men.v Nearly a half (47%) of men aged 75+ have recently used the internet compared to a third (33%) of women 75+. There
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before deciding whether or not to cash in their income. Men are less likely to seek advice than women. Although based on a low sample size, the main reasons cited for considering taking the cash lump ... practice. In early June 2015, TNS polled 1,481 individuals aged 60 and above, including 671 men and 810 women. Of these: 57 per cent were receiving income from some private pension source, consisting of: o
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responsibilities on average reduce their working time by 1.8 hours per week: with self-employed men and women typically cutting two and 1.6 hours per week respectively. One participant in our focus group explained ... over 5.7 million people in England and Wales were providing unpaid care, of whom 58 per cent were women and 42 per cent were men.22 Around 2.1 million adults in the UK take on a caring role each year and
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gives equal weight to paid earnings and credited contributions so will provide a better deal for many women, carers and self-employed people with at least 35 years contributions who are currently building up ... little or no additional State Pension. For example the Impact Assessment shows that around 750,000 women reaching SPA in the first ten years of the single-tier will receive an average of £9 a week more.
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significant risk to survivor benefits. When survivor benefits are given up it is likely that many women will lose out, adding to gender inequality in retirement incomes. There are considerable risks ... preparing a report on women and private pensions, focussing on the freedom and choice agenda but relevant for DB transfers too, which will consider the difficulties that many women have in achieving a decent
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men than women across all older age groups, with over 37% of men aged 85 to 89 years recorded as having CHD. This figure reduces somewhat in ages above 95; however, it remains above 30%. In women, the prevalence ... diagnosis (which had been confirmed by their doctor) of CHD in England as 29% for men and 19% for women aged 75 and over (Health Survey for England, 2006). Reducing risk factors, prinicipally smoking (Office
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there would be a big impact on future pensioners, particularly those with low life time earnings and women, for whom the State Pension will continue to be very important. What is the triple lock? The ... important element of retirement income for younger generations, particularly for low earners and women.10 These projections assume the triple lock stays in place as do all the Government’s projections
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Just under two thirds were women; this leaning toward female respondents reflected participation in the fit for the future programme overall and in fact, the proportion of women was even higher for the original ... proportions only differing slightly in each; In West Cumbria 67% were women, in Newcastle 64% were women, and in Nottinghamshire 60.5% were women. The majority of respondents (88%) were over the age of 65, with
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References 35 3 Foreword After decades when women could receive their State Pension at the age of 60 and men at 65, State Pension age is rising. Many women in their early 60s are already affected by legislation ... agreed some time back, and from November 2018, State Pension age will start to rise beyond 65 for both women and men. These changes have come about as a result of the very positive news that, on average, we
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although people can continue to be treated differently if there is objective justification. However, women aged over 70 years in Wales are not automatically called for breast cancer screening, and would need ... screening should be removed, and that there is a need to raise awareness of breast cancer risk to women over 70. It remains a major concern that a broad exception for financial services in the Equality
