Other key survey findings include:

Two-thirds (62.5 percent) of women report working for money, while only 12.8 percent say they work for passion. Men are more likely to work for passion than women (15 percent), but age may have even more of an impact than gender, the authors write. For 62.7 percent of men and 46.4 percent of women, saving for retirement is one of their top priorities.
Vacation and a large purchase are also top reasons for working, according to over a third of men and women. However, when it came to working to support children (36.1 percent) or for passion (35.2 percent), men are significantly more likely than women to say each is a primary reason – only 28.1 percent and 30.8 percent of women say the same, respectively.
Insufficient pay, lack of growth opportunities and lack of passion are the top three reasons employees would quit a job in the next five years. Both men and women are more likely to quit a job for lack of passion over a bad relationship with their boss.
People making at least $75,000 while working for pay considered quitting after just under two years; however, those making between $75,000 and $99,000 while working for passion wouldn't consider job hopping until they reached the 3.5-year mark. Commitment grew even more when people working for passion made at least $100,000, with employees not considering quitting until five years later.

"People who are only in it for the money are less committed than their passionate counterparts, but it's for a good reason," the authors write. "To continue seeing a substantial increase in income, employees have to leave their current job and find a new one – even if they like the one they have."

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