Predictors of retirement timing for women

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This study examined work and family influences as predictors of retirement timing for women age 35 and older. A stratified, random sample of women (n = 1,028) enrolled in a statewide women's organization was drawn using probabilities proportionate to size procedures. Three mailings were conducted, resulting in a response rate of 66%. A sub-sample of employed, married women (n = 215) was used for hypothesis testing. The data were analyzed using descriptive, factor analysis, multiple, and logistic regression statistics. Six categories of independent variables were used: (a) sociocultural factors of age, occupational status, and employment history; (b) role salience; (c) life satisfaction; (d) work role alienation; (e) financial expectations; and (f) plans for retirement. The dependent variables were: attitudes about and intentions towards retirement. Financial expectations and plans for retirement did not factor together and were excluded from hypothesis testing. Employment history, age,

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