Activities and Expenditures of Preretirees

For the person nearing retzrement, two areas of concern are the need to spend less because income is less and the need to develop leisure activities. In its examination of the retirement process, The Retirement History Study of the Social Security Administration collected information on the spending of preretirees aged 58-63 for key budget items, as w,ell as data that may help to gauge the level of their znterest in ce? taan lezsure activities. Changes in these items are to be noted as the survey contznues This artzcle describes the levels and actzvzties in 1969 for men with wife present, and for nonmarried men a?d women.