Every third respondent would like to work after retiring, either full or part time while about 40% would work only if they would not have enough finances to survive and 15% would not work in any circumstances in their senior years, shows the results of a survey conducted by the MojPosao job search web site on a sample of 2,800 respondents.

One-third of the surveyed people want to work after retiring and low income is not the only motive for that, the survey showed and indicated that people with a higher education were more apt to continue working in their senior years, MojPosao reported.

The survey indicated that 35% of the respondents were open to the possibility of working, with 9% stating they would continue working full-time and 26% said they would like to work part-time.

Of those respondents willing to continue working, 40% had higher education qualifications, 30% had secondary school qualifications and 35% had elementary school qualifications. The survey also showed that people with higher incomes were more prone to work after retiring.

Older respondents were more likely to accept working after retiring and as many as 53% who were older than 46 would work after retiring, while 36% of those aged between 36 and 45 would as would 32% of those aged between 26 and 35.

Almost 70% would continue doing their ‘old’ job while one-third would do something else and women were more apt for a change than men.

However, the lack of money is the main motive for 70% of the respondents to continue working but also to feel productive and to maintain social contact with other people.

The main reason for not wanting to continue working are hobbies or to spend time with family but also the need to rest and allow young people to find jobs.

More than two-thirds believe that the government decided to allow pensioners to continue working due to the lack of the labour force whereas 50% consider that the government is aware that pensioners are not making ends meet, MojPosao said.

One fifth of those polled believe that the government’s decision has been the response to wishes of pensioners who would like to continue working.