Does Work after Retirement Matter? Sleep Features among Workers in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health

Arne Lowden, Aline Silva-Costa, Lucia Rotenberg, Estela M. L. Aquino, Maria de Jesus M. Fonseca and Rosane H. Griep
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Arne Lowden: Stress Research Institute at the Department pf Psychology, Stockholm University, 114 19 Stockholm, Sweden
Aline Silva-Costa: Department of Collective Health, Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro—Minas Gerais, Uberaba 38025-180, Brazil
Lucia Rotenberg: Laboratory of Health and Environment Education, Oswaldo Cruz Institute—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil
Estela M. L. Aquino: Institute of Collective Health, Federal University of Bahia—Bahia, Salvador 40170-110, Brazil
Maria de Jesus M. Fonseca: Department of Epidemiology and Quantitative Methods in Health, National School of Public Health Sergio Arouca, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro 21041-210, Brazil
Rosane H. Griep: Laboratory of Health and Environment Education, Oswaldo Cruz Institute—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 8, 1-10

Abstract: A growing number of people keep working after retirement, a phenomenon known as bridge employment. Sleep features, which are related to morbidity and mortality outcomes, are expected to be influenced by bridge employment or permanent retirement. The objective of this study was to analyze sleep duration and quality of bridge employees and permanent retirees compared to nonretired, i.e., active workers, from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). Participants (second wave of ELSA-Brasil, 2012–2014) comprised permanently retired ( n = 2348), career bridge workers ( n = 694), bridge workers in a different place ( n = 760), and active workers ( n = 6271). The associations of all studied retirement schemes and self-reported sleep quality and duration were estimated through logistic and linear regression analysis. Workers from all studied retirement schemes showed better sleep patterns than active workers. In comparison to active workers, bridge workers who had changed workplace also showed a reduced chance of difficulty falling asleep and too-early awakenings, which were not found among career bridge workers. Bridge employment and permanent retirement were associated with a reduced chance of reporting sleep deficit. Bridge work at a different place rather than staying at the same workplace seems to be favorable for sleep. Further study is needed to explain mechanisms.

Keywords: aging; retirement transition; sleep duration; bridge employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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