Table 13. Retirement and pension status among 2004–05 public school teacher leavers, by selected teacher and school characteristics in the 2003

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Table 13. Retirement and pension status among 2004–05 public school teacher leavers, by selected teacher and school characteristics in the 2003–04 base year

Teacher or school charac- teristic in base year	Percent of leavers who considered themselves retired from the position of a K–12 teacher		Percent of leavers who were collecting a pension		Among leavers who considered themselves retired, percent who were collecting a pension		Among leavers who did not consider themselves retired, percent who were collecting a pension		Among those who considered themselves retired, percent who received an early retirement incentive to leave the position of a K–12 teacher		Among those who considered themselves retired and received an early retirement incentive, percent who would have remained in teaching had they not received the incentive
Total¹	39.2		34.2		83.4		2.6		22.8		56.9

Teaching experience
1–3 years	9.5		3.1	!	9.0	!	2.5	!	3.5	!	#
4–9 years	9.5		3.6		25.8		1.3	!	#		#
10–19 years	25.4		15.1		54.9		1.6	!	15.8		51.2
20 years or more	76.0		74.3		95.6		7.0	!	26.6		57.8

Age
Less than 30 years	6.4		2.0	!	1.0	!	2.1	!	#		#
30–39 years	9.1		1.2	!	#		1.3	!	3.2	!	#
40–49 years	11.3		4.3		23.5		1.8	!	1.0	!	41.5	!
50 or more years	77.4		74.3		94.0		6.7	!	25.9		57.3

Base salary
Less than $30,000	23.7		16.0		64.2		1.0	!	15.8		72.8
$30,000–$39,999	19.1		12.6		55.1		2.6	!	14.5		29.1
$40,000 or more	54.4		51.0		91.1		3.2	!	25.3		58.8

Sex
Male	50.0		43.0		82.6		3.4		29.4		62.6
Female	36.0		31.6		83.6		2.4	!	20.2		53.6

Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	39.1		33.6		82.7		2.1		26.1		57.5
Black, non-Hispanic	47.5		43.2		90.8		#		6.3	!	48.9
Hispanic, single or more than one race	23.6		18.7		79.4		#		5.3	!	92.6
Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	40.1		58.6		81.9		42.9	!	20.2	!	28.7	!
American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic	40.1		35.2		87.7		#		12.4	!	55.6	!
More than one race, non-Hispanic	32.3	!	15.5	!	48.1	!	#		#		#

Teaching status
Full time	41.3		36.1		84.3		2.2		21.7		58.4
Part time	29.6		25.6		77.4		3.8	!	30.1		50.6

Community type
Central city	35.7		32.5		81.9		5.1	!	17.3		49.6
Urban fringe/large town	38.6		32.8		83.0		1.1	!	27.3		61.8
Rural/small town	46.8		41.3		86.1		1.9	!	19.6		49.4

School level
Elementary	33.5		29.9		84.5		2.4	!	23.2		59.7
Secondary	51.6		43.4		81.2		3.0		23.6		53.9
Combined	34.8		32.6		91.1		1.4	!	8.9		37.8	!

School enrollment
Less than 200	36.4		31.5		84.6		1.1	!	28.0		30.4	!
200–499	35.1		32.0		87.1		2.2	!	26.7		48.6
500–749	37.4		35.2		86.7		4.4	!	21.2		74.1
750 or more	44.2		36.0		78.9		2.0		20.3		60.4

Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
Less than 15	41.5		38.1		86.0		4.1	!	31.6		65.7
15–49	42.4		36.2		83.3		1.5	!	26.1		59.5
50 or more	34.4		30.9		83.6		3.2	!	12.9		49.5
School did not parti- cipate in free or reduced-price lunch program	33.3		20.6		61.9		#		11.4	!	19.3	!

Percent of K–12 students who were minorities
Less than 10	38.9		33.7		84.1		1.7	!	30.9		55.7
10–34	51.5		45.5		83.4		5.2	!	27.3		58.1
35 or more	34.5		30.0		82.9		2.2	!	15.4		57.3
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.
¹ Free or reduced price lunch program data are collected at the school level and placed on the teacher file. In cases where the sampled school did not respond, data were imputed from the Common Core of Data (CCD). In some cases, CCD data were not available for the school's free or reduced price lunch program participation. A very small number of teachers from these schools are missing data for this variable.
NOTE: Leavers are teachers who left the teaching profession after the base year (2003–04).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2003–04; Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS), "Former Teacher Data File," 2004–05.

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