Retirement Preparedness of Employees in San Juan City Philippines
Retirement Preparedness of Employees in San Juan City Philippines
Retirement Preparedness of Employees in San Juan City Philippines
Abstract- After a long period of grinding to finish your education, it’s now time to enjoy what you
have to earn working. Working yourself to get things you want, with lots of available loans to do
what you want and with all the energy you have, sure it’s fun as if you’re having the time of your
life. When the hype of your youth fades, when your energetic stage starts to fade off, are you
ready? Life is a series of preparations. We studied to prepare for work so it’s ideal to say we work to
prepare ourselves to our life later on. What would you like to do after working so long? Are you still
financially independent then? How much pension would you have? Are we aware of our health
while getting old? And what lifestyle would we have as retired employee? These questions don’t
often pop-out of our mind when were young that’s why this research attempted to know so. This
research conducted a survey with workers of San Juan City to know how prepared they are to
result, respondents are very likely to serve their productivity to churches and charitable institution,
finishing their loans and debts before retiring, expected an amount of P10, 000 and below monthly
pension, quit smoking at the age of 50 and live within their means and stick to a budget. While this
research provides some relevant details regarding the retirement preparedness of employees of San
Juan city, further specified research is need for validation.
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retirement savings to cover higher education of the researchers gathered the following relevant
little ones. Conversely, those who finished having information on their profile to come up with a
kids in their 20’s may have their later career period as supported assumption:
preparation for retirement. (Cussen n.d-9 factors that
affect when you retire). 1. Sex/Gender: In order to know which gender
prepares more for retirement and if there’s a present
While it’s true that it’s unsure how long will one live difference or direct effect in preparation for
and what would be your health and the market retirement, gender was necessary for gathering.
conditions in the future, this kind of thinking requires
a different approach than what most financial 2. Age: At what age does one prepare for retirement,
planning industry commonly use. Liability-driven does older employees think of it more often than the
investing is a concept commonly used when it comes younger ones? This brought the researchers in
to retirement planning. While this approach focuses gathering age details of respondents.
on income replacement approach for retirees, it
should aim to provide fund for expenses such as 3. Civil Status: “Marital status has a big impact on
housing, medical, transportation, food and clothing how prepared an individual is for retirement.”
for today and for the future. Rather than replacing (Micheal Hurd and Susan Rohwedder, working paper
ones income as its value may depreciate over a RAND corp., July 2011) Does this status affect the
period of time and keep in mind that with retirement retirement preparation of an individual? Does a
comes new expenses; when we stop working we single employee think of it less than a married
have also more time spending. (Branning and Grubbs individual? Researchers gather the information to
2012). support these questions.
Being productive as a worker sure is common, but a 4. Number of dependents: If a respondent have
productive retiree is also a goal needed to be dependents, does it make him/her more mindful of
foreseen. What can we do upon retirement? Where retirement? Does the number of dependents affect
should we put our time? What things could make us their preparations? This might support the difference
busy? There are so many things that you can do to in civil status results.
make yourself productive during retirement but it’s
important to keep in track of budget and your nest 5. Extended Family: A common in Filipino culture,
egg. Volunteer is one of the most common things a having extended family does affect budgeting thus
person do upon retirement other than starting a might have an effect in retirement preparation.
business, getting a part-time job, taking up new
hobby and mentoring. These things are some ways 6. Length of Service: As we serve longer to a
to help also the next generations to learn with our company, does one expect a favorable giveback
experience and wise words. (Phil Taylor n.d 104 ways upon retirement? While this might be true for public
to save extra money.) employees, is it also true for those who are in private
companies?
II. DATA AND METHODS
7. Financial Liabilities: Financial liabilities take a lot
to our monthly income. This is why researchers
Researchers used a couple of questionnaires to
assume that preparation for retirement would
gather data from selected respondents. One part was
probably be affected by financial liabilities.
for the respondent’s profiling and the other one is
for the retirement preparedness assessment of each
8. Employment: Employment plays a big role in
respondents.
saving and providing needs to our everyday lives.
The researchers take into perspective the
The researchers selected respondents based only in
employment status of an individual in retirement
San Juan City from private and public companies or
preparedness.
government agencies.
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1. Productivity after Retirement: “Seventy one percent (71%) of people aged sixty six
After working millions of hours being employed, (66) to sixty-nine (69) are adequately prepared for
from taking mundane tasks and spending the whole retirement.” (Micheal Hurd and Susan Rohwedder,
week working shifts to having the rest of your life the working paper RAND corp, July 2011).
times for things we might have missed during our
busy employment years. This would measure the Data gathered were carefully analyzed to come up
preparedness level by having to do something with a supported conclusion. As per profiling, age of
productive even after being a worker for the respondents ranges from 50-64 years old.
community. Having something productive would
mean a more prepared retirement. As a result, it is concluded that respondents are aged
mostly between 50 to 53 years old. Employees at
2. Financial Preparedness: their fifty’s maybe familiar with the sandwich
There is many factors which could affect financial generation concept which referred as the struggle to
preparedness such as monthly income, other put their kids in college even as they assume greater
businesses, savings, and investments. Having these financial responsibility for their long-lived, under-
factors would measure the preparedness level for saved parents which have made it nearly impossible
employee’s retirement. for their fast-approaching retirement. (Retirement
Plans under Siege, Dan Kadlec)
3. Health and wellness:
One’s health is a key to enjoying more of the Table 2. Civil Statuses of Respondents
retirement days so having a healthy living would Civil Status Frequency Percent
enable one to prepare more for his/her retirement Single 21 14.0
period. Bearing health conditions would adversely
Married 129 86.0
affect savings, income, activities and lifestyle for our
planned retirement. Total 150 100.0
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incomes” (9 Factors that Affect When You Retire- benefits from SSS and GSIS. These benefits can make
Mark P. Cusen, 2010) an individual predict how much would he/she gets as
monthly pension which can help in planning your
Table 3. Numbers of Dependents of Respondents. retirement period.
Number of Frequency Percent
Dependents Table 6. Length of Service of Respondents.
None 25 16.7 Length of Service Frequency Percentage
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In this study, the researchers decided to divide the work status didn’t affect volunteer retention and
number of participants equally to know if there’s a stopping work or stepping down to part-time was
huge gap between retirement preparation of associated with starting volunteering. Volunteering
employees in private and government companies. was also found to have positive health effects of
having a strong sense of meaning in life.
Table 9. Interest after Retirement.
Employment Interest Frequency Percent Table 11. Financial Preparedness of Respondents.
Part time job 19 12.7 Financial Weighted Verbal
Start a business 98 65.3 Preparedness Mean Interpretation
I will start a new 3.61 Very likely
Not interested in having 33 22.0
business
job or business I have adequate 3.69 Very likely
TOTAL 150 100.0 savings for my future
I will give other 3.65 Very likely
The table shows that majority of the participants source of income
would most likely start a business. This could mean after retirement
that they are preparing and saving up for the capital I don’t have loans or 3.93 Very likely
they need to launch a business. A small portion of debts after
these participants were most likely to take part time retirement
job which could indicate that they haven’t saved Grand Mean 3.72 Very likely
enough for their retirement or they don’t want to
rely their finances on the pension that they would be The results may imply that the respondents of this
receiving. study were very likely to start a new business since
they have adequate savings and don’t have loans or
2. Respondents Level of Retirement Preparedness debts after retirement.
In this study, the researcher tried to measure the
retirement preparation of the employees using 4 Most of the respondents were women which contrast
categories: productivity after retirement, financial the study findings of Epperson and Sanicola (2016)
preparedness, health and wellness and meaningful which state that women may not fully comprehend
lifestyle. financial literacy. This difference in results may have
been brought by technology and social platforms
Table 10. Productivity after Retirement. which educates and discusses financial planning.
Financial Weighted Verbal
Preparedness Mean Interpretation Table 12. Monthly Pension of Respondents.
I will start a new 3.61 Very likely Monthly Pension Frequency Rank
business Php 10,000 and below 62 1
I have adequate 3.69 Very likely
Php 10,001 –Php 20,000 57 2
savings for my future
Php 20,001 –Php 30,000 20 3
I will give other 3.65 Very likely
source of income Php 30,001 –Php 40,000 5 5
after retirement Above Php 40,000 6 4
I don’t have loans or 3.93 Very likely
debts after retirement According to the Philippine Statistics Authority in its
Grand Mean 3.72 Very likely 2012 Annual Average Income and Expenditure by
Region and Province, San Juan City ranges from Php
It can be seen in the graph that majority of the 18,699.58 to Php 35,633.67.
respondents were most likely to volunteer to church
or charitable organization for opportunities that The results imply that most of the respondents (62
require their skills. out of 150 respondents who were expecting a Php
10,000 and below monthly pension) were not
The result indicates the respondents’ willingness to prepared to retirement in terms of expected monthly
volunteer. A recent study showed that changes in pension. Receiving smaller pension than their
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monthly expenditures may push them to extend their Table 14. Meaningful Lifestyle.
employment period or find another source of Meaningful Weighted Verbal
income. Lifestyle Mean Interpretation
I will take up a new 3.04 Likely
Table 13. Health and Wellness. sport
Health & Wellness Weighted Verbal I will get a new 3.24 Likely
Mean Interpretation hobby
I will quit smoking 4.46 Most Likely I will live within my 4.03 Very Likely
means and stick to
and drinking
a budget
starting at the age
I will find time for 3.93 Very Likely
of 50 or I didn’t socializing and
smoke at all spend time with
I will visit the doctor 3.67 Very Likely friends and
regularly to have a relatives
routine medical I will travel to new 3.65 Very Likely
place
check-up.
Grand Mean 3.56 Very Likely
I have a well- 3.55 Very Likely
planned physical
V. CONCLUSION
exercise regimen
after retirement
There are lots of things to consider as we grow older,
I will take a healthy 3.97 Very Likely but it is never a wrong move to plan for letting go of
diet. your employment period. The researcher wanted to
I will have an 4.05 Very Likely know how prepared these employees look into their
adequate rest. retirement in terms of financial preparedness,
productivity, expected monthly pension, health and
I will join a fitness 3.25 Likely
wellness and their idea of a meaningful lifestyle
group
through a survey.
Grand Mean 3.83 Very Likely
After the study had been conducted it is found that
Health is commonly the concern when it comes to employees of San Juan City are prepared for
retirement and the results shows that most of the retirement. The results have no large difference when
respondents are prepared when it comes to health grouped by their profile. Most of the respondents
and wellness. According to a study of Myers and was female aged 50-53 years old, married and had
Degges-White (2007), older adulthood can be a two dependents, didn’t have an extended family and
chance for enhanced wellness. In fact, there are had earned Php 20,001 to Php 25,000 with a monthly
evidences in this study that implies higher level of income of Php 10,000 and below. The majority of
wellness of older adults compared with the younger respondents were found to be employed for a period
norm group. This can be brought by more awareness of 21 to 30 years and have financial liabilities.
and concern of adults when it comes to their own
health which leads them to more conscious healthy Number of respondents was evenly divided to both
practices. government and private employment. Most of the
respondents would most likely to volunteer to church
The results imply that the respondents were ready or any charitable institution that would require their
for retirement in terms of living a meaningful skills. Most of them were looking forward to have no
lifestyle. A study of Ben Heaven et. Al. (n.d) social more loans to pay upon retiring and would most
roles are important for people heading towards likely to quit smoking or haven’t smoked at all.
retirement. The study identified a range of social role
interventions which is evidently produce health and This implies that employees of San Juan City were
well-being benefits for older people. prepared for retirement.
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