According to the survey, 60 percent of working men put retirement saving at the top of their priority list, while just 44 percent of working women did so. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Women place other financial obligations above the need to save for retirement, even as more people say they expect to have to work past age 70 and people's retirement confidence falls.
That's according to new research from Willis Towers Watson's Global Benefits Attitudes Survey, which finds that competing financial needs lead women to place a lower priority on saving for retirement than do men.
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Marlene Satter
Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.
