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Women's retirement, work and life paths — changes, disruptions and discontinuities
Author(s)	Beverley A Simmons, Myra J Betschild
Journal title	Journal of Women & Aging, vol 13, no 4, 2001
Pages	pp 53-70
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Older women ; Retirement ; Redundancy ; Employment ; Life satisfaction ; Qualitative Studies ; Australia.
Annotation	This Australian qualitative study examined women's perceptions and interpretations of the impact of retirement on their life experience: whether retirement was encountered from unexpected workplace redundancies, through their own decisions, or those of their partner. Any theoretical explanation that work is central to defining core identity and social integration is challenged. This study provides some alternative ways to examine changes in work, disruptions and discontinuities in the context of women's life paths. Whereas specific identities and roles may be important, being able to contribute to social life, whether through paid or unpaid work or through self-interest, may be more appropriate determinants of societal integration, than identities that are formed and maintained by a production-oriented society. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020306208 A
Classmark	BD: G3: WI: WJ: F:5HH: 3DP: 7YA
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