INSIDE YOUR POCKET: Tips to reduce financial stress & achieve financial freedom.

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A recent Money-stress Tracker survey by DebtBusters, a leading debt counselling company, has revealed that women are more stressed about their finances, home and work life, and health, than men. Women are 30% more likely to be concerned about their health as a result of financial stress, and 20% more anxious about paying their debt each month.

Life expectancy at birth as of 2022 is estimated at 60 years for males and nearly 66 years for females, according to Statistics South Africa. Living longer, and being paid less, means that women are more likely to run out of retirement savings.
11 Aug 2022 2AM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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