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Table

Table 1 Distribution of individuals age 50 and over who left a job in the 12 months preceding the Labour Force Survey (LFS) reference week by reason, selected years

Charts

Chart A Employment rate trend for people 55 and over reversed in the mid-1990s

Chart B Percentage of the population 55 and over rose rapidly from the early 2000s

Chart C Employment rate trend reversed for men, continued increase for women

Chart D After a slow decline, the percentage of workers 55 and over rose

Chart E After peaking in 1991, the entrant–retiree ratio dropped

Chart F Median age of employed women has almost reached that of men

Chart G Younger workers entering full-time work later in life, employment rates rebounding among older workers

Chart H For men under 65, the full-time employment rate has remained lower than in 1976, for women, it has increased continuously starting at age 24 since 1976

Chart I Average retirement age stable since 2004

Chart J Demographic effect on average retirement age

Chart K Employed 50-year-old men likely to work for approximately 16 years before retiring, women almost as long

Chart L Length of retirement stable since the mid-1990s

Chart M Since the mid-1990s, decreasing proportion of total life expectancy spent in retirement starting at age 50

Chart N Growing employment rate of individuals 55 and over

Chart O Average number of working hours getting shorter for men but longer for women