Table 4
Demographic characteristics related to retirement plans of near-retirees

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  Certainty about planned age of retirement Age of retirement Retirement income
Don't know or not at all certain Somewhat or very certain Plan to retire before 60 years1 % plan to retire 65 years or older1 % expect income to be adequate1
percentage
Gender
Men†
26.0
62.7
28.0
38.3
70.8
Women
30.7*
59.8
30.1
36.3
65.6*
Marital status
Married / Common-law†
26.7
63.4
30.4
34.7
71.6
Other
33.7*
53.5*
23.6*
47.8*
55.4*
Immigration status
Canadian-born†
26.5
63.7
31.9
35.2
70.6
Immigrated before 1975
30.7
57.6*
22.1*
37.9
67.3
Immigrated 1975-1989
33.7*
55.5*
19.0*
43.4*
59.3*
Immigrated since 1990
39.9*
44.2*
9.3E*
60.3*
50.1*
Self-assessed health
Excellent†
23.8
65.3
34.1
31.8
78.4
Very good
25.8
64.6
30.1
34.9
70.7*
Good
33.3*
56.4*
23.3*
45.1*
58.4*
Fair or poor
39.1*
46.6*
23.1*
46.0*
49.9*
† Reference group.
* Statistically significant difference from reference group at p < 0.05.
1. Percentage are based on respondents who stated a planned age of retirement. Respondents who said they do not intend to retire or don't know when they plan to retire are excluded.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2007.