Women must boost retirement savings - Scot Wids

In addition, more than six million women will rely on their partner's pension to provide them with a comfortable retirement. Scottish Widows' research found the pensions gap between men and women fell to 9% in 2008, down from 13% in 2007. However, only 46% of women who could save for a pension were saving adequately, Scottish Widows says, compared to 55% of men. Dependent children were the main reason for women not contributing as much as they should, with 27% of mothers having to reduce their savings after having children. Furthermore, 63% of women said they had inconsistent work pa...