The direct energy source that drives ATP synthesis during respiratory oxidative phosphorylation in eukaryotic cells is. A) oxidation of glucose to COâ and water. B) the thermodynamically favorable flow of electrons from NADH to the mitochondrial electron transport carriers.
The median amount in retirement accounts for Americans within 10 years of retirement is less than $120,000, according to Webb, an amount that would provide a monthly income of only $400 a month. The average Social Security retirement benefit at the start of 2014 was only $1,249 a month, or less than $15,000 a year.
Here is the median income for households 65 and over, and how that compares with the median income of households headed by workers 45 to 64. Retired households earn an average of $35,107 a year, or just 57.41% of what the average pre-retirement household earns.