Among full-time wage and salary workers aged 21 to 64, slightly more than 54% of women participate in a retirement plan, compared to just over 51% of men, a new study finds.
However, women participate in a plan at an overall lower level than men, since more women than men tend to work part-time and part-year, notes the Employee Benefits Research Institute, Washington, which did the study.
Among all wage and salary workers, 44.9% of women participated in a retirement plan in 2006. Of men in that group, 46.2% participated.
