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Retirement transitions and spouse disability
— effects on depressive symptoms | | Author(s) | Maximiliane E Szinovacz, Adam Davey |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 59B, no 6, November 2004 |
| Pages | pp S333-S342 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Retirement ; Adjustment ; Spouses ; Physical disabilities ; Depression ; Symptoms ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The effects of retirement, type of retirement and a spouse's disability on depressive symptoms were analysed, using data from the US Health and Retirement Survey (HRS) for 1992, 1994, 1996 and 1998 for 12,652 respondents (aged 51-61 at base). Results suggest that depressive symptoms increase where retirement is abrupt and perceived as being too early or forced, and was particularly the case for such women retirees who experienced increasing spouse activities of daily living (ADL) limitations. There is no similar effect for men. In contrast, for working retirees who retired on time, depressive symptoms decrease with increasing spouse ADLs. These results highlight the importance of retirement context on post-retirement well-being. They suggest that both type of retirement transition and marital context - such as a spouse's disability - influence post-retirement well-being, and that these effects differ by gender. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-050217226 A |
| Classmark | G3: DR: SN: BN: ENR: CT: 3J: 7T |
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