Extending employment beyond the pensionable age: a cohort study of the influence of chronic diseases, health risk factors, and working conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In response to the economic consequences of ageing of the population, governments are seeking ways with which people might work into older age. We examined the association of working conditions and health with extended employment (defined as >6 months beyond the pensionable age) in a cohort of older, non-disabled employees who have reached old-age retirement.

Methods

A total of 4,677 Finnish employees who reached their old-age pensionable date between 2005 and 2011 (mean age 59.8 years in 2005, 73% women) had their survey responses before pensionable age linked to national health and pension registers, resulting in a prospective cohort study.

Results

In all, 832 participants (17.8%) extended their employment by more than 6 months beyond the pensionable date

SUBMITTER: Virtanen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3929527 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature