Journal article
Specific Health Conditions and Work-Retirement Status Among the Elderly
Journal of applied gerontology, Vol.7(4), pp.485-503
12/1988
DOI: 10.1177/073346488800700405
Abstract
A thorough understanding of the relationship between ill health and retirement requires the investigation of specific illnesses and mediating mechanisms. We examined the relationship between specific major and minor health conditions and work status (retired-health, RH; retired-other, RO; or working, W) in a population- based (N = 3097) study of rural elderly persons. Lifetime history rates of major conditions were typically highest among RHpersons, and differed little between RO and Wpersons. Mean number of major conditions was typically highest among RH persons. RH was associated with poorer self-perceived health, physical functional status, mood, and recall than were RO and W, which did not differfrom each other. RH was also associated with increased prevalence and number of minor conditions among women but not men. Thus RH is preferentially associated with specified major medical conditions, increased number of major and minor health conditions, and quantitative functional and psychological decrements.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Specific Health Conditions and Work-Retirement Status Among the Elderly
- Creators
- Patricia L. Colsher - University of IowaLorraine T. Dorfman - University of IowaRobert B. Wallace - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of applied gerontology, Vol.7(4), pp.485-503
- DOI
- 10.1177/073346488800700405
- ISSN
- 0733-4648
- eISSN
- 1552-4523
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/1988
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology; School of Social Work; Injury Prevention Research Center; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984363643702771
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