Women's Retirement and Self-Assessed Well-Being: An Analysis of Three Measures of Well-Being Among Recent and Long-Term Retirees Relative to Homemakers

Women and Health

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-19

  Silver, Michelle Pannor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Homemaker; Well being; Women's retirement

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETIREMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951030534     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630241003601111     Document Type: Article

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