Kaiser Health Poll Report: Source: Kaiser Health Poll Report Survey: June 2005 (3)

Kaiser Health Poll Report Survey [June, 2005]

When thinking about your financial needs in retirement, how much thought have you and/or your spouse given to...how to pay for long-term care in a nursing home or home heath care costs not covered by Medicare? Have you given this a lot of thought, a little thought, or no thought?

All Ages
26 A lot of thought
41 A little thought
33 No thought
* Don't know/Refused

Ages 18-29
   10 A lot of thought
   37 A little thought
   53 No thought
   *   Don't know/Refused

Ages 30-49
   23 A lot of thought
   41 A little thought
   36 No thought
   *   Don't know/Refused

Ages 50-64
   33 A lot of thought
   45 A little thought
   22 No thought
   1   Don't know/Refused

Ages 65+
   43 A lot of thought
   41 A little thought
   16 No thought
   1   Don't know/Refused

Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Methodology: Fieldwork conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, June 2-5, 2005 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,202.