Even many full-time U.S. workers are short on emergency reserves.
Analysts at Cigna Corp. (NYSE:CI) have reported that finding in a summary of results from a recent online survey of 1,501 U.S. workers ages 25 to 65. All participants were working full-time and have group benefits.
About 59 percent of the participants said they have only enough cash and other resources to get by for three months without a paycheck.
About 29 percent said they would have trouble getting by for more than one month without a paycheck, and 58 percent said they would have financial problems if an illness or injury kept them from working for a month.