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. |
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