Depression and retirement in late middle-aged U.S. workers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether late middle-aged U.S. workers with depression are at an increased risk for retirement.

Data source

Six biennial waves (1992-2002) of the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative panel survey of noninstitutionalized 51-61-year-olds and their spouses started in 1992.

Study design

Workers aged 53-58 years in 1994 were followed every 2 years thereafter, through 2002. Depression was coded as lagged time-dependent variables measuring active depression and severity of depression. The main outcome variable was a transition to retirement which was measured using two distinct definitions to capture different stages in the retirement process: (1) Retirement was defined as a transition out of the labor force in the sample of all labo

SUBMITTER: Doshi JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2442377 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature