Table 4 Planned employment pattern and retirement age among a group of senior dental students at Jordan University of Science and Technology (n = 227)
Work pattern | Nationality | Total n(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jordanians | Malaysians | Gulf states | Syrians, Iraqi and Palestinians | Others | ||
First 10 years* | ||||||
Full time | 66 (62%) | 54 (87%) | 18 (72%) | 15 (68%) | 10 (90%) | 163 (72%) |
Part time | 31 (29%) | 5 (8%) | 4 (16%) | 6 (27%) | 0 | 46 (20%) |
Undecided | 10 (9%) | 3 (5%) | 3 (12%) | 1 (5%) | 1 (10%) | 18 (8%) |
10–20 years** | ||||||
Full time | 38 (35%) | 43 (69%) | 6 (24%) | 9 (41%) | 5 (45%) | 101 (44%) |
Part time | 48 (45%) | 9 (15%) | 8 (32%) | 9 (41%) | 5 (45%) | 79 (35%) |
Undecided | 21 (20%) | 10 (16%) | 11 (44%) | 4 (18%) | 1 (10%) | 47 (21%) |
After 20 years | ||||||
Full time | 11 (10%) | 19 (30%) | 2 (8%) | 5 (23%) | 4 (36%) | 41 (18%) |
Part time | 47 (44%) | 27 (44%) | 10 (40%) | 10 (45%) | 5 (45%) | 99 (44%) |
Undecided | 49 (46%) | 16 (26%) | 13 (52%) | 7 (32%) | 2 (19%) | 87 (38%) |
Planned age of retirement* | ||||||
< 50 years | 18 (17%) | 5 (8%) | 7 (28%) | 2 (9%) | 1 (10%) | 33 (15%) |
50–60 years | 30 (28%) | 36 (58%) | 5 (20%) | 5 (23%) | 4 (36%) | 80 (35%) |
> 60 years | 33 (31%) | 13 (21%) | 8 (32%) | 10 (45%) | 3 (27%) | 67 (30%) |
Undecided | 26 (24%) | 8 (13%) | 5 (20%) | 5 (23%) | 3 (27%) | 47 (21%) |