9/23/2014 – Why 80 percent of women take Social Security too early (MoneyWatch)

The longer you wait to take your Social Security benefits at your full retirement age, the more money you’ll get every month.

Those benefits make up 40 percent of all post-retirement personal income, according to the Nationwide Retirement Institute. Yet only 15 percent of us elect to wait to full retirement age to take benefits, and just 10 percent start taking Social Security after 70.

Read the full article at CBS MoneyWatch.