Facts
- At some point, roughly 90% of American women will have sole responsibility for their finances because they are unmarried, divorced, or widowed.
- 5 out of 7 women will live alone after the age of 65. They will live until an average of 80 and are typically unprepared for the financial responsibilities that accompany this independence.
- Women represent half the workforce in America, but they lag far behind men in pension and Social Security benefits.
- Only 9% of American women over the age of 40 will receive retirement benefits from their employer.
- 3 out of every 5 part-time workers in Harris County are women who are unlikely to meet their current or future financial needs.
- 9 out of 10 single-parent households are headed by women. The economic condition of these families almost always deteriorates following divorce—and is never restored.
