Summary information

Study title

Social Problems of Retirement and Adjustment to Retirement

Creator

Brothun, Mechthild (Fachbereich IV, Abteilung Soziologie, Universität Trier )
Eirmbter, Willy H. (Fachbereich IV, Abteilung Soziologie, Universität Trier)

Study number / PID

ZA1481, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.1481 (DOI)

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Abstract

Social problems of workers due to their retirement. Topics: point in time of retirement; age of spouse; living together with others; size of household; residential status; neighborhood contacts; number of children; number of married children; number of grandchild and siblings; distance to siblings, children and close persons; point in time and frequency of contacts with relatives and acquaintances; information on getting to know friends and acquaintances; information on personal education or education of spouse; employment in the civil service; personal professional position or professional position of spouse; change of occupation; change of company; reasons for change of occupation or company; participation in further education or retraining courses; original occupational goal; significance of professional career; company size; job satisfaction and satisfaction with company (scales); characterization of occupational activity; work orientation; judgement on physical and psychological burdens at work; possibility to influence the pace at work; monotonous work; time worked each week; overtime; night work or changing shifts; short time work; type of pay; position in company hierarchy; particular working conditions for older workers in the company; perceived changes at work regarding work stress, the pace at work, type of activity and possibilities for decision-making in the last few years; adequate time for family; occupation with the family; assumed effects of retirement on family life; relationship with children; ideal relationship of children with their parents (scale); desired contact and assumed increase in need of help from children after retirement; expected development of family relations due to retirement; family orientation; decision structure within the family and relationship between husband and wife (scale); division of activities within the family and assumed change due to retirement; information on time budget of a normal workday; weekly time...
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Methodology

Data collection period

05/1977 - 12/1978

Country

Time dimension

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Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Census

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

Oral survey with standardized questionnaire

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

1986

Terms of data access

C - Data and documents are only released for academic research and teaching after the data depositor's written authorization. For this purpose the Data Archive obtains a written permission with specification of the user and the analysis intention.

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