Why single women face more pressure when saving for retirement

The number of single adult women in the United States have reached record levels, hitting a staggering 43.5 million in 2022 according to the US Census Bureau. At the same time, data shows that, on average, men receive approximately $400 more in Social Security benefits compared to their female counterparts.
Yahoo Finance's Kerry Hannon joins Wealth! to break down the details.
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[@caddie1a]

Women also choose degrees and careers that don’t pay well (ie: education, arts, etc).

[@darlayjones669]

I myself believe that some of the reasons those women end up in this situation is because 1) most of them don't believe in savings. 2) They believe in spending their money on expensive bags, shoes, trips, make-ups, restaurants, parties etc. Third, feminism has taught those same women that they can spend their money in whatever they want to; they don't need a man in their lives, and they can do it all on their own. Now they're paying the price.

[@thisguymartin]

Agree

[@Ultrajamz]

Most old single women, except for widows, are single out of their own choices - so I don’t think we need to gear any policy for them. Pay gap is a myth. Care giving / kids is a choice. Complaining about living longer? So those men that will die sooner need to give more tax money to help them? 😂😂😂 woe is me!

[@dejabu24]

having many children is also an investment for woman , because they will take care of you when you got old , if you gave them the right education ( and Im not talking about Schools ) ,

[@chrissharkey9644]

Women tend to have more disposable income

[@Scrappyhoops]

Does this include people that don't date outside there race.

[@coryluke12]

😂

[@gregjohnson2168]

Gender and race are irrelevant. There is no pay gap.