The provided table delineates the median age at which men and women in six distinct nations, namely Australia, the UK, Japan, Italy, France and Korea, announced their retirement in the year of 2003. ok
In general, it is readily apparent that Korea exhibited the highest retirement ages for both genders whilst the reverse pattern was experienced in the figure for France. Remarkably, across all countries, women tended to retire earlier than men by almost 1 year.
Looking specifically at the data for the Asia areas, starting as high as 68 years and 8 months in the men’s data for Korea, it was followed by approximately 1 and a half later than women in the same yearperiod. Additionally, being slightly earlier than the average ages compared to that of Korea, the data for Japan were 67 years and 4 months for males , exceeding that of females by 7 months. Subsequently, in Australia, the average ages for men was 67 years and 4 months, while their female counterparts retired 18 months earlier.
Converserly, Italy and France stood out at comparatively lowest retirement ages. The figure for Italy males and females were around 58 years and 57 years respectively. In remaining country, me retire at 57 years and 4 months as opposed to women ả 85 years and 9 months.