Social engagement across the retirement transition among "young-old" adults in the French GAZEL cohort.

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to test predictors of change in social engagement across the retirement transition in a cohort of 10,692 French utility workers retiring between 1992 and 2004, aged 51-65 in 2004. Three measures of social engagement (organizational activity participation, number of close family members, and number of close friends) were collected in 1991 and 2004; 1991 scores were subtracted from 2004 scores to determine change. We used ordered logistic regression to model predictors of change. Compared with those retiring just before the follow-up measure, those retiring 2-5 years earlier had greater positive change in organizational activity participation (OR 1.22, 95 % CI 1.07, 1.39) and greater positive change in number of close friends (OR 1.19, 95 % CI 1.04, 1.37) afte

SUBMITTER: Sabbath EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5549155 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature