Women’s retirement, work and life paths: Changes, disruptions and discontinuities

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 53-70

  Simmons, Beverley A ^a   Betschild, Myra J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Change; Discontinuities; Life path composition; Redundancies; Retirement definitions; Self interests; Social integration; Women and retirement

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETIREMENT; WORK;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RETIREMENT; WOMEN, WORKING; WORK;

EID: 0035747770     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v13n04_05     Document Type: Article

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