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| Economic satisfaction among American retirees | | Author(s) | Martha N Ozawa, Yat-sang Lum |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 27, no 4, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 21-39 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Economic status [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Life satisfaction ; Retired persons ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Over the past three decades, the economic status of older Americans has vastly improved, but little is known about how satisfied older people are with their economic lives. Using a national representative sample of retired workers from the New Beneficiary Follow-up Survey, this article presents the results of a study on the effects of economic satisfaction among American workers, 11 years after they started receiving social security benefits and/or Medicare coverage. The study found that both economic conditions and health status are significant determinants of economic satisfaction among these people. More importantly, it found that good health contributes more to their economic satisfaction than do good economic conditions. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980219223 A |
| Classmark | F:W: CC: F:5HH: BB6: 3F: 7T |
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