This statistic shows the expectations of United Kingdom adults regarding the impact that automatic enrolment into employer supported pension schemes, with a minimum contribution of eight percent, would have on their future retired lives as of 2014. 38 percent of respondents felt that they would have an acceptable standard of living while 23 percent felt their standard of living will not be acceptable based solely on those contributions.
How comfortable would you feel in retirement if you made only the minimum contribution of 8 percent into the pension scheme?
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Scottish Widows. (September 8, 2014). How comfortable would you feel in retirement if you made only the minimum contribution of 8 percent into the pension scheme? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/329273/uk-pension-schemesautomatic-enrolment-retirement-comfort/
Scottish Widows. "How comfortable would you feel in retirement if you made only the minimum contribution of 8 percent into the pension scheme?." Chart. September 8, 2014. Statista. Accessed May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/329273/uk-pension-schemesautomatic-enrolment-retirement-comfort/
Scottish Widows. (2014). How comfortable would you feel in retirement if you made only the minimum contribution of 8 percent into the pension scheme?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/329273/uk-pension-schemesautomatic-enrolment-retirement-comfort/
Scottish Widows. "How Comfortable Would You Feel in Retirement If You Made Only The Minimum Contribution of 8 Percent into The Pension Scheme?." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Sep 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/329273/uk-pension-schemesautomatic-enrolment-retirement-comfort/
Scottish Widows, How comfortable would you feel in retirement if you made only the minimum contribution of 8 percent into the pension scheme? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/329273/uk-pension-schemesautomatic-enrolment-retirement-comfort/ (last visited May 13, 2024)
How comfortable would you feel in retirement if you made only the minimum contribution of 8 percent into the pension scheme? [Graph], Scottish Widows, September 8, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/329273/uk-pension-schemesautomatic-enrolment-retirement-comfort/