Discovering What Matters: Balancing Money, Medicine, and Meaning at MetLife Mature Market Institute

Key Findings

Respondents tend to describe the Good Life as being healthy, having a financial safety net, and having the time to do what is important to them.
Regardless of age, gender, financial status, or life stage, the majority of people assign the most importance to Meaning-related activities and, above all else, spending time with friends and family.

People with a sense of purpose in their lives are more likely to report being happy and describe themselves as living the Good Life.
Having a sense of purpose relates to possessing both “focus” on essential things and “vision” of the future they want to enjoy.

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Methodology

A consumer panel of 1,001 individuals between the ages of 45 and 74 participated in the online survey conducted by Chadwick Martin Bailey, a global custom market research and consulting firm. Members of the panel were invited to participate in the survey via email between August and October 2008. Respondents had a minimum household income of $50K or more a year ($25K or more a year if they were retired), and investable assets of $50K or more. These are approximately the average incomes for the U.S. population in those categories. They were categorized into three age groups: age 45-54 (n=333), age 55-64 (n=335), and age 65-74 (n=333). Other demographics were collected as well.

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