Preferred and actual retirement age of oral and maxillofacial surgeons aged 55 and older in the Netherlands: a longitudinal study from 2003 to 2016

Table 4 Mean preferred and actual retirement age of Dutch OMFS aged 55 years and older, in relation to individual characteristics

	Preferred retirement age (N)^a		Actual retirement age (N)
Sex
Male	64.0 (143)		64.4 (67)
Female	66.0 (4)
Age^a		*
59 years or younger	64.0 (126)		Not applicable
60–64 years	64.4 (20)		Not applicable
65 years or older	70.0 (1)		Not applicable
Region located^a
North	64.5 (20)		64.3 (7)
East	64.4 (25)		64.8 (8)
South	63.5 (25)		64.3 (12)
West	64.1 (73)		64.6 (38)
Working in an academic hospital^a,b		*
Yes	64.7 (41)		64.0 (15)
No	63.8 (105)		65.1 (39)
Working in a non-academic hospital^a,b				*
Yes	64.0 (119)		65.4 (43)
No	64.5 (27)		62.5 (11)
Working in another setting^a,b
Yes	64.2 (42)		64.1 (18)
No	64.0 (104)		65.2 (38)
Dayparts per week working^a		***
7 or less	62.9 (34)		64.1 (20)
8–9	64.0 (43)		65.0 (10)
10 or more	64.7 (69)		64.8 (21)
Prefer to decrease working hours^a				*
Yes	63.8 (40)		62.4 (14)
No	64.2 (106)		65.7 (40)
Decreased working hours^c
Yes	Not applicable		65.0 (22)
No	Not applicable		64.7 (32)
Preferred retirement age^a				*
59 years or younger	Not applicable		58.0 (2)
60–64 years	Not applicable		64.5 (31)
65 years or older	Not applicable		65.3 (8)
Total	64.1 (147)		64.4 (67)

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
^aIf an OMFS revised his or her preference or if the actual situation changed in between editions, the first answer is used. For age and location, the situation at the first participation is used
^bIt is possible that an OMFS works in different hospitals and/or settings
^cBetween participations in different editions of the OMFS retirement survey. An OMFS who indicated to work 10 dayparts per week in the first edition of the survey and eight dayparts per week in the second edition, decreased working hours by two dayparts

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