Financial Reasons for Working beyond the Statutory Retirement Age: Risk Factors and Associations with Health in Late Life.

ABSTRACT: Despite an increasing trend of working life prolongation, little is known about the risk factors for financial reasons for working beyond the statutory retirement age (SRA), and how these reasons relate to health. The present study examined (1) the determinants of working beyond the SRA, (2) the workers' self-reported reasons for working beyond the SRA, and (3) the association between these reasons and health in late life. Cross-sectional data of 1241 individuals from the Swiss survey "Vivre/Leben/Vivere" were analyzed. The results showed that people with a low level of education and with a low income have an 80% higher risk of working beyond the SRA for financial reasons than for other reasons (p < 0.001). Moreover, self-rated health was not significantly associated with working

SUBMITTER: Burkhalter D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9518211 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature