Of those who had lost money and were still working, 20 percent said they postponed retirement as a result.

She decided to postpone retirement and race again in 2009.

Of those who lost money in stocks and are still working, 21 percent said they had postponed retirement.

The only demographic group with more members at work than in 2001 are those age 65 and older who decided to postpone retirement.

For those hardy individuals who postpone retirement until after age 65, the news is not happy.

Older people, for example, are working more years, either postponing retirement or coming back to part-time jobs.

Butler was still keen to pursue the robbers, but at 55 years old he would need to postpone his retirement to do so.

Many of the teachers surveyed indicated that they would postpone retirement if they got raises, she said.

Senior faculty members are postponing retirement, he said, and even those who do retire are sometimes not replaced.