Mature Age Workers - Silver & Wise

Market Survey of Australian Mature Age Workers

Welcome to our survey. We appreciate your input to our market survey as it will help us frame the products and services we offer at Silver & Wise. Your responses are confidential, and your contact details only used if you ask us to contact you with further information after the survey is complete. We're happy to share the results of the survey with you too.

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* 1. Address

Name

City/Town

State/Province

ZIP/Postal Code

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 2. What is your age range?

45-49

50-54

55-59

60-64

65+

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Are you?

Male

Female

Prefer not to disclose

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* 4. Which of the following categories best describes your employment status?

Employed, working full-time

Employed, working part-time

Not employed, looking for work

Not employed, NOT looking for work

Retired

Disabled, not able to work

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* 5. If you run your own business, how many years have you done so?

less than 3 years

4-6 years

7-10

11 or more years

N/A

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* 6. If working full or part time, which industry do you work in?

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Have you ever experienced discrimination due to your age?

Yes

Other (please specify)

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* 8. How would you classify that discrimination?

Simply due to age

My skills no longer current/relevant

Age and related inability to do physical work

Age and my cost to the business

Other (please specify)

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* 9. Are you interested in starting your own business?

Yes

Not sure

Other (please specify)

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* 10. If interested in starting your own business, how would you describe your confidence to do so?

I am confident I could start my own business

I am not confident and as a result that would stop me doing so

I am not confident but with some training I would be willing to do so

N/A

Other (please specify)

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* 11. Assuming you are willing to continue working for a period of time, please choose from the following?

I have all the skills necessary to continue working until I decide to retire

I am lacking some skills, and would like to do some training to keep my skills current

I am out of work now, and would do training to increase my chances of re-employment

I am out of work, and if I don't find work I'll just go on unemployment benefits

I am out of work, and would choose a different job rather than retrain

N/A

Other (please specify)

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* 12. Silver & Wise is an organisation that helps aspiring mature age business owners. Please choose a statement that best reflects your interest in a business like this.

I'm interested because I want to start a business

I'm not sure, would have to know more about it

Other (please specify)

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* 13. Would you like more information on?

Courses for individuals wanting to start a business

General information about the business

Nothing thanks, I'm all good

Other (please specify)