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The Performing Arts Retirement Research Survey

1.In which category of the industry do you mainly work? Please feel free to choose more than one category but do not tick ones in which you only work occasionally.
2.What is your age group?
3.What is your gender?
4.Where is your home address?
5.What are your living circumstances?
6.What is your living situation?
7.What is your income before deductions, as an annual average over the last 5 years?
8.Employment status - tick any that apply?
9.Do you receive any state benefits? Tick any that apply.
10.Do you have any savings?
11.Do you have any debt (excluding mortgage debt) - loans, credit cards etc?
12.Are you currently paying into a pension? Tick any that apply.
13.Do you have an industry pension? Tick any that apply.
14.If you do have a pension, excluding the state pension, at what age did you start paying in it?
15.If you answered yes to Q14, at what age do you anticipate accessing this pension?
16.Financially, do you anticipate being able to retire fully? If 'yes'at what age?
17.Do you envisage having to keep working in the future, being semi-retired financially, at a point, regardless of whether you wish to continue working for other reasons?
18.Do you estimate you will have enough to retire when you want to?
19.Do you feel you have enough knowledge about pensions?
20.Have you received financial advice generally during your career?
21.If you have not retired yet, do you feel prepared for retirement? Tick any that apply.
22.How does the thought of stopping work / retiring make you feel?
23.If you are under 50 years old, have you considered you may go into care or assisted / sheltered living in later life?
24.Do you anticipate living or returning to live with family in later life?
25.Do you anticipate living independently in retirement?
26.Do you feel there is any possibility you may be homeless at some point?
27.Would you consider assisted living in a performing arts retirement community?
28.Does the fact that it would be a performing arts community make it more or less attractive?
29.Are you filling this form in on behalf of a family member in care?
30.Did you train? Tick any that apply.
31.Have you ever left the profession, even temporarily, to go into another sector?
32.Do you have a side hustle or secondary job?
33.Have you moved through two or more roles in the entertainment industry?
34.Have you ever been homeless due to financial reasons?
35.Have you ever been unable to eat or missed meals due to financial reasons?
36.Have you ever had to borrow money from family or friends to survive?
37.Have you ever had to return to living with your parents (or not left home) for financial reasons?
38.Have you ever claimed state benefits?
39.Have you ever had to turn work down for financial reasons (eg. unable to afford travel costs or accommodation)?
40.Has your financial situation ever impacted either your physical or mental health?
Thank you for taking the time and trouble to complete this survey. Your information will be collated as anonymous data and then deleted. We are deeply grateful for everyone in the entertainment industry who has helped out with this. Please do pass the survey on to anyone you want in the industry.