A little extra retirement income can go a long way. Source: Getty Images.
A whopping 52% of working American households are “at risk” for not being able to live as comfortably as they did before retirement, according to the findings derived from the 2014 National Retirement Risk Index published by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College .
That’s a sobering statistic considering retirement is classically considered a time when people get to enjoy the perks of a lifetime of hard work.