Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, Vol 51, Issue 1 S18-S29, Copyright © 1996 by The Gerontological Society of America

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Gender and life satisfaction in retirement: an assessment of the male model

TM Calasanti
Department of Sociology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA.

This study seek to extend the research on retirement in two ways. First, using a nationally representative sample, I attempt to clarify the relationship between gender and life satisfaction in retirement by explicitly considering how gender structures preretirement employment experiences. Second, I ask whether the "male model" of life satisfaction in retirement can be used to assess women's life satisfaction in retirement. It is hypothesized that employment structures, through their influence on sources of work satisfaction and world view, influence the sources of life satisfaction in retirement. While this hypothesis is generally supported, gender still appears to define a context for the variables of the male model beyond that encompassed by employment structures. The sources and implications of this gender influence for future social gerontological research, particularly in the area of retirement, are discussed.

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