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SYDNEY, Jul 4, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- An Australian study finds that retired men want their wives to give up their jobs and keep them company, while retired women want husbands to keep working.
The study also found that women are more likely to feel that they have been pressured to retire, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. They tend to retire with far fewer financial resources.
"Aspects for Retirement for Older Women" came from a survey by the Melbourne Institute, which began tracking the financial and physical well-being of 20,000 people in 2001.
"We're at last seeing that disruptions to work from family and other matters are far more likely to affect women than men," said Julie Bishop, the education minister, who is also assisting Prime Minister John Howard on women's issues.
The study found that 77 percent of retired women said it was "important" or "very important" for their spouses to work. Only 37.7 percent of men felt the same way about their wives.
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