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Table A.4
Planned age of retirement of near-retirees, by demographic characteristics, Canada, 2007

Age group
	Before age 60	Age 60 to 64	Age 65 or older	Total
Gender	29.0	33.6	37.3	100.0
Men†	28.0	33.7	38.3	100.0
Women	30.1	33.6	36.3	100.0
45 to 49 years†	36.4	27.6	36.0	100.0
50 to 54 years	31.4*	33.7*	35.0	100.0
55 to 59 years	11.7*	44.8*	43.5*	100.0
Marital status
Married / Common-law†	30.4	34.9	34.7	100.0
Other	23.6*	28.6*	47.8*	100.0
Education
High school or less†	25.9	34.0	40.1	100.0
Certificate or diploma from a college or a trade school	31.3*	33.8	35.0*	100.0
University degree	31.0*	33.2	35.8	100.0
Immigration status
Canadian-born†	31.9	32.9	35.2	100.0
Immigrated before 1975	22.1*	40.1*	37.9	100.0
Immigrated between 1975 and 1989	19.0*	37.7	43.4*	100.0
Immigrated since 1990	9.3^E*	30.5	60.3*	100.0
Self-assessed health
Excellent†	34.1	34.1	31.8	100.0
Very good	30.1	35.0	34.9	100.0
Good	23.3*	31.6	45.1*	100.0
Fair or poor	23.1*	30.9	46.0*	100.0
Province of residence
Newfoundland	36.5*	32.9	30.5*	100.0
Prince Edward Island	21.1^E	35.4	43.5	100.0
Nova Scotia	28.5	32.1	39.4	100.0
New Brunswick	33.5	31.9	34.6	100.0
Quebec	33.2*	35.6	31.2*	100.0
Ontario†	26.3	33.3	40.4	100.0
Manitoba	38.6*	32.7	28.7*	100.0
Saskatchewan	30.8	32.1	37.1	100.0
Alberta	26.3	31.6	42.0	100.0
British Columbia	26.3	33.7	40.0	100.0
† Reference group.
* Statistically significant difference from reference group at p < 0.05.
Note: Table only includes persons who stated a planned age of retirement.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2007.