The impact of early retirement on perceptions of life at work and at home: Qualitative analyses of British civil servants participating in the Whitehall II retirement study

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-216

  Mein, Gill ^a,b   Ellison, George T H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT; AGING; ATTITUDE; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETIREMENT; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 34547104033     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/4C1A-G146-71C6-CG7C     Document Type: Article

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