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Author: Sensbach, C. L.
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1. Sensbach, C. L.
Retirement Timing: Factors Influencing Expectations for Early, Timely, and Late Retirement
Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 1979
Cohort(s): Older Men
Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning
Keyword(s): Assets; Attitudes; Early Retirement; Health Factors; Retirement/Retirement Planning

This study sought to identify factors differentiating persons who expect to retire early from those who expect to retire at age 65 or later and to assess the extent to which actual retirement was consistent with expectations. The conceptual framework of the study stressed the family's interaction with economic, political, and social systems. Data were taken from a subsample of 2,212 respondents that included the Older Men cohort of the National Longitudinal Surveys for the years 1966 to 1975. Data were examined in regard to expected retirement age (as of 1971), age, employment status, marital status, number of dependents, parents living, educational level, health limits, health decline, family health, job attitude, assets, savings, home ownership, time unemployed, Duncan Index of occupational status, Social Security, other pension, wage, recent change in wage, and other income. Results show that almost all men who had expected in 1971 to retire early and were old enough to do so in 1975 had retired and remained retired. Factors associated with early retirement expectations were lack of eligibility for Social Security or Railroad Retirement but eligibility for other pensions, higher wages but without as much recent increase in wages, more dislike for jobs, and lower socioeconomic status. Literature on retirement is reviewed, and recommendations for future research are presented. [AgeLine]
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Sensbach, C. L. Retirement Timing: Factors Influencing Expectations for Early, Timely, and Late Retirement. Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 1979.