Table 1.

Population and respondents: mean retirement age and gender

	Male		Female
Period	Population	Respondents	Population	Respondents
	(n = 1,135)	(n = 282)	(n = 998)	(n = 191)
1998-2002	56.5	58.0	47.0	53.9
2003-2007	58.8	61.0	49.1	53.5