One in five of us knows the state pension age in the UK, according to a new study. I am not one of them. Gun to my head, right now, without checking Google, I would say… 68? Maybe? Is it different for men and women, though? Who knows?
Well, one in five people, evidently. That’s according to Standard Life, which surveyed 6,000 adults and found some fairly troubling results. The 18 per cent who were aware of the actual pension age – I just checked and it’s 66, in case you’re a fellow 82-percenter – was made up of people across all age groups. As you might imagine, the further a particular cohort was from retirement, the less likely they were to know the age. Just 13 per cent of Gen Z (those aged 18-28) surveyed submitted the correct answer.
