Dingemans & Henkens (2014): study NL 2001

Publication

Author(s):

Dingemans, E.; Henkens, K.

Title:

Involuntary Retirement, Bridge Employment, and Satisfaction with Life: A Longitudinal Investigation.

Source:

Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2014, Vol.35, 575 - 591

Investigation

Public

50-64 aged, Netherlands, followed before and after retirement, 2001-2011

Survey name

NL-NIDI work and retirement panel

Sample

Non-probability purposive sample

Respondents

N = 1248

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on 3 questions:

Lead question not  reported
A  I most ways my life is close to ideal
B  So far, I have gotten the important things I want in life
C  The conditions of my life are excellent

Answers rated:
5  totally agree
4
3
2
1  totally disagree

Computation: (A+B+C)/3

Name: Shortened Diener's Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), last year format

Classification:

M-CO-u-mq-v-5-b

Author's label:

Life satisfaction

Remarks:

Pooled happiness in preretirement: M=3.67, SD=0.6
Pooled happiness in postretirement: M=3.71, SD=0.6

Page in publication:

580

Error estimates:

Cronbach's alpha: 0.71-0.74

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10

Mean:

3.68 -

SD:

0.60 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Age Age at retirement Gender Sex: male (vs female) Health change Deterioration of health, falling ill
Improvement of health Perceived pension shotfall Perceived sufficiency of pension Marital status change Change in marital status Children Ever had children (vs not) Job satisfaction Earlier satisfaction with work Supervisor Earlier socio-economic status
Earlier management level Occupational level Level of school-education
Earlier occupation
Occupational level Time in retirement Time since retirement
Time of retirement Reasons for involuntary retirement Compulsory retirement (vs free choice)
Retired for heath reasons
Retired for professional reasons Bridge employment Full retirement (vs partial)
Post-retirement job
Wish to resume working Bridge job in the past Pre-retirement conditions
Earlier work Motives for bridge employment Earlier motivation to work Life satisfaction Past happiness ( 1 to 10 years ago)