Show r Retiring Earlier SPECIAL TO THE CLIPPER In Davis County as well as in most other communities ties across the country non work is one of the fastest growing occupations today COUNTED IN the work non-work class in the local area are those bodied able-bodied males over overage overage overage age 14 who are neither working working working work work- ing nor looking for work nor going to school For the most part they are people who have acquired sufficient sufficient sufficient suf suf- suf- suf resources or financial backing to enable them to not- not work many of them at a comparatively comparatively comparatively com com- early age ALTHOUGH there are some shirkers among them who rely upon the rest of society to provide for them the great majority are quite different Because their funds are adequate adequate adequate ade ade- quate for th their ir needs they dont don't have to work and they dont don't choose to do so In Davis County the number of men in this work non-work group is estimated on the basis of statistics from the Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of Labor and the Department Department Department De De- De- De of Commerce at about 1890 The number in that category in 1960 was 1079 THROUGHOUT the United States at the present time there are 85 million men inthis in inthis inthis this work non-work population Of those who are over 65 three out of four have retired The others in that age bracket are still working The proportion of non- non workers among those over 65 is 22 percent greater than it was in 1960 IN DAVIS County there are many more men who are over 65 and no longer working than there were ten years ago At that time the total was What do they live on Outside Outside Outside Out Out- side of savings interest dividends dividends dividends divi divi- and other income from investments that they might have their main source of funds is from government transfer payments THESE INCLUDE social se security security se- se e- e benefits tensions pensions the proceeds of life insurance policies veterans benefits unemployment unemployment unemployment un un- un- un employment insurance and the like Because retirement has become become become be be- come easier financially the proportion of workers non-workers to WOl ers has been rising IN THE local area on the basis of the latest figures an estimated 7 percent of the male population over 14 is now in the school non-school non- non work category The comparable comparable comparable able percentage in 1960 was 6 6 |