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According to a 2008 Metlife survey, "Most in encore careers (59%) work 40 hours per week or more, with three-quarters (73%) saying that they have the flexibility they need and want, and more (85%) saying they have the time to do the things outside of work that are important to them." (p.9)
Metlife Foundation, & Civic Ventures. (2008). Encore career survey. San Francisco: Civic Ventures. Retrieved from http://www.civicventures.org/publications/surveys/encore_career_survey/Encore_Survey.pdf
This survey, conducted from February to APril 2008, investigates men and women in midlife in pursuit of purpose-driven work in the second half of life or "encore career." The quantitative research began with a telephone survey of 1,063 adults age 44 to 70, which was followed by an online survey of 1,008 adults currently in encore careers and 1,514 adults interested in encore careers.
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