Open AccessPredictors of disability retirement
Author(s) -
Niklas Krause,
John Lynch,
George A. Kaplan,
Richard. D. Cohen,
Debbie Goldberg,
Jukka T. Salonen
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.262
Subject(s) - job strain , socioeconomic status , gerontology , medicine , incidence (geometry) , disease , health and retirement study , population , disability benefits , retirement age , psychology , psychiatry , environmental health , social security , physics , finance , pathology , pension , psychosocial , political science , law , optics , economics
Disability retirement may increase as the work force ages, but there is little information on factors associated with retirement because of disability. This is the first prospective population-based study of predictors of disability retirement including information on workplace, socioeconomic, behavioral, and health-related factors.