Barriers and opportunities for prolonging working life across different occupational groups: the SeniorWorkingLife study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing retirement age is a pivotal issue in labour market reforms. This study analyses factors conditioning retirement intentions.

Methods

In SeniorWorkingLife, 11 444 employed workers ≥50 years replied to questions in random order about expected reasons for leaving and potential reasons for staying longer at the labour market. Respondents were stratified based on the Danish version of International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO). Representative estimates were produced using the SurveyFreq and SurveyLogistic procedures of SAS combined with model-assisted weights based on national registers.

Results

For ISCO groups 1-4 (seated work) main expected reasons for retiring were freedom to choose and desire for more leisure time, but many would c

SUBMITTER: Andersen LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7183363 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature