Table 2.

Doctors who have retired: self-reported factors contributing to their wish to retire

Factor	Men (N=1663)		Women (N=844)		Total (N=2507)
	%	n	%	n	%	n
To increase time for leisure/other interests	51.2	852	48.8	412	50.4	1264
Pressure of work	42.3	704	43.8	370	42.8	1074
Reduced job satisfaction	41.4	689	41.0	346	41.3	1035
To maintain good health	32.5	540	30.6	258	31.8	798
Financial security/insufficient financial incentive to stay*	32.1	533	23.5	198	29.2	731
The prospect of revalidation	22.9	380	23.7	200	23.1	580
Possibility of deteriorating skill/competence	18.0	299	16.9	143	17.6	442
Other	17.1	285	17.2	145	17.2	430
Not wanting to do out-of-hours work*	18.2	302	10.7	90	15.6	392
Retirement of spouse/partner*	9.4	156	26.5	224	15.2	380
Family reasons*	11.4	189	20.9	176	14.6	365
Poor health	11.5	191	9.6	81	10.8	272
None of the above: I just wanted to retire	6.9	115	8.1	68	7.3	183

Respondents could select all that applied to them.

*Gender comparisons on each row of the table (χ² ₁ tests): p<0.001.