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Financial Reasons for Working beyond the Statutory Retirement Age: Risk Factors and Associations with Health in Late Life

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  • Denise Burkhalter

    (Institute of Public Health, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, 8400 Winterthur, Switzerland)

  • Aylin Wagner

    (Swiss Paraplegic Research, 6207 Nottwil, Switzerland)

  • Sonja Feer

    (Institute of Public Health, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, 8400 Winterthur, Switzerland)

  • Frank Wieber

    (Institute of Public Health, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, 8400 Winterthur, Switzerland
    Chair of Social Psychology and Motivation, University of Konstanz, 78464 Konstanz, Germany)

  • Andreas Ihle

    (Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
    Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
    Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES—Overcoming Vulnerability: Life Course Perspectives, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • Isabel Baumann

    (Institute of Public Health, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, 8400 Winterthur, Switzerland
    Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
    Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES—Overcoming Vulnerability: Life Course Perspectives, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland)

Abstract

Despite an increasing trend of working life prolongation, little is known about the risk factors for financial reasons for working beyond the statutory retirement age (SRA), and how these reasons relate to health. The present study examined (1) the determinants of working beyond the SRA, (2) the workers’ self-reported reasons for working beyond the SRA, and (3) the association between these reasons and health in late life. Cross-sectional data of 1241 individuals from the Swiss survey “Vivre/Leben/Vivere” were analyzed. The results showed that people with a low level of education and with a low income have an 80% higher risk of working beyond the SRA for financial reasons than for other reasons ( p < 0.001). Moreover, self-rated health was not significantly associated with working beyond the SRA for financial reasons but was significantly associated with education and income ( p < 0.01). In conclusion, while previous studies have already identified financial difficulties as one important reason for working beyond the SRA, the present study indicated the socioeconomic factors that are crucial for increasing the risk for working beyond the SRA. Thus, our results help to guide the adaptation of social policies for better maintaining and promoting the health of particularly vulnerable older workers.

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  • Denise Burkhalter & Aylin Wagner & Sonja Feer & Frank Wieber & Andreas Ihle & Isabel Baumann, 2022. "Financial Reasons for Working beyond the Statutory Retirement Age: Risk Factors and Associations with Health in Late Life," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(17), pages 1-13, August.
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