Charting Our Worries
April/May 2006
An exclusive study just released by the AARP Foundation Women's Leadership Circle found that Latinas ages 45-plus worry more than women in the general population or in African American and Asian American communities.
| What worries you: |
General
Population |
Hispanic |
African
American |
Asian
American
this is du |
| That you will have no one to take care of you |
19% |
39% |
20% |
27% |
|
That you will lose your independence if your health worsens |
36% |
54% |
33% |
37% |
| That you will be forced to live someplace you don't want to live |
26% |
42% |
22% |
29% |
| That you eventually may run out of money to live on |
32% |
50% |
31% |
30% |
| That you will be alone in your later years |
22% |
40% |
18% |
26% |
| That you may become a burden on your family |
30% |
47% |
24% |
31% |
Read an expert's opinion on why women worry.
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