"Figure 1: Leaving their previous job to retire was more common among those aged 50 to 54 years and 60 to 64 years compared with 6% of adults aged 50 to 54 years","" "Proportion of adults aged 50 to 65 years who have left their previous job since the pandemic and would consider returning, by age group, Great Britain, 10 to 29 August 2022","" "","" "Notes","1. Base: all adults aged 50 to 65 years who have left or lost their job since the start of the coronavirus pandemic (March 2020), have not returned, and would consider returning. 2. Respondents were able to choose more than one option. 3. We have excluded the ""Other"" response option from this chart." "Unit","%" "","" "","Aged 50 to 54","Aged 55 to 59","Aged 60 to 65" "Stress","21","13","13" "I was made redundant at my workplace","19","17","16" "I did not feel supported in my job","19","10","11" "The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic ","17","17","16" "I wanted a change in lifestyle","17","17","15" "I did not feel valued in my job","13","11","12" "Looking after the home or caring responsibilities","11","12","9" "Illness","11","8","7" "Mental health reasons","11","6","3" "I lost my job","9","8","9" "I did not want to work anymore","7","9","11" "To retire from paid work","6","24","35" "Disability","6","5","2" "My job did not offer flexible working ","3","2","4" "I no longer needed the money from my job","3","5","4"