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Longitudinal change in preferred age of retirement *
Author(s) -
EKERDT DAVID J.,
ROSE CHARLES L.,
BOSSE RAYMOND,
COSTA PAUL T.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of occupational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0305-8107
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1976.tb00341.x
Subject(s) - attractiveness , preference , psychology , cohort , retirement age , longitudinal study , longitudinal sample , ageing , demography , gerontology , developmental psychology , medicine , economics , sociology , finance , pension , pathology , psychoanalysis , microeconomics
It has been observed that among workers there is an inverse relationship between the proximity of retirement and its attractiveness. This study analysed the longitudinal change, over the ten years between two sampling times T 1 and T 2 , in preferred retirement age for a series of age cohorts. The sample included 1458 males aged 35–81 at T 2 . Cohort means at T 1 and T 2 and an additional residual change score both showed a similar trend in the direction of older workers preferring a later retirement age over time. The shift to a preference for later retirement was estimated to occur in the early 50s. This preference for later retirement was seen as an attempt to delay the status changes of retirement, and not as a rejection of retirement or an absolute preference for work. The data also showed a longitudinal change in social values toward a more favourable appraisal of retirement among all age cohorts.