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Retirement: Are your options changing?

What's your retirement story?

Marketplace is exploring how people's retirement plans are changing in the recession. Fill out this form to send your insights to Marketplace.

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What's your relationship to early retirement?

I plan to retire early, but am still working.
I was forced into early retirement by a layoff.
I chose to take a buyout, and retired earlier than I would have expected.
I planned for an early retirement and took it.
I retired in my expected time frame.
I plan to work far beyond the usual retirement age.
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What's your retirement story?

What have been the best and worst financial aspects of your (current or impending) retirement?

What do you wish you knew before your retirement that would have helped you now?

What else should we know -- and who else should we talk to??

Would you be willing to speak to a reporter about this topic?

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In what year were you born?

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