Table 5 Reasons for full or partial retirement,1 2009
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Partially retired | Fully retired | Returned to work | |
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% | |||
Financially possible | 46* | 34 | 28 |
Completed required years of service | 41* | 29 | 26 |
Wanted to stop work | 31 | 33 | 20E* |
Pursue other activities | 23* | 13 | 18E* |
Employer incentives | 19* | 8 | 15E* |
Health/disability | 16* | 24 | 14E* |
Agreement with spouse/partner | 14 | 16 | 8E* |
Organizational restructuring | 12 | 9 | 17E* |
Caregiving | 6E | 7 | 4E* |
Mandatory policy | 4E | 4 | F |
Other | 5E | 7 | 17E |
1. For those with a single retirement experience. * significantly different from the retired (p<0.05) Source: Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) – Healthy Aging. |
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