Functional health decline before and after retirement: A longitudinal analysis of the Health and Retirement Study

Sander K.R. van Zon, Ute Bültmann, Sijmen A. Reijneveld and Carlos F. Mendes de Leon

Social Science & Medicine, 2016, vol. 170, issue C, 26-34

Abstract: The aims of this study are to examine the pattern of pre- and post-retirement changes in functional health and to examine the degree to which socioeconomic position (SEP) modifies pre- and post-retirement changes in functional health.

Keywords: United States; Retirement; Transition; Functional health; Limitations; Mobility; Large muscles; Socioeconomic position (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.10.002

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