Job satisfaction declines before retirement in Germany.

IF 3.7 2区社会学 Q1 GERONTOLOGY

European Journal of Ageing Pub Date : 2024-11-11 DOI:10.1007/s10433-024-00830-0

Georg Henning, Graciela Muniz-Terrera, Andreas Stenling, Martin Hyde

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Abstract

Job satisfaction has been found to increase with age. However, we still have a very limited understanding of how job satisfaction changes as people approach retirement. This is important as the years before retirement present specific challenges for older workers. We employed a time-to-retirement approach to investigate (i) mean levels of change in job satisfaction in the decade before retirement, and (ii) social inequalities and interindividual differences in change in pre-retirement job satisfaction. Data were drawn from the German Socioeconomic Panel Study (n = 2595). Latent growth curve modeling revealed that job satisfaction declined slightly as people approached retirement, with steeper declines in the very last years before retirement. However, the mean-level decline was very small. Education, age, health, region, marital status, and historical time, but not gender or caregiving mattered for level and change in job satisfaction before retirement. The findings demonstrate the importance of taking a time-to-retirement approach when examining experiences of older workers.

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在德国，退休前的工作满意度会下降。

人们发现，工作满意度会随着年龄的增长而提高。然而，我们对工作满意度在人们临近退休时如何变化的了解仍然非常有限。这一点非常重要，因为退休前的几年对老年工作者来说是一个特殊的挑战。我们采用了从时间到退休的方法来研究 (i) 退休前十年工作满意度变化的平均水平，以及 (ii) 退休前工作满意度变化的社会不平等和个体间差异。数据来自德国社会经济小组研究（n = 2595）。潜增长曲线模型显示，随着人们退休时间的临近，工作满意度略有下降，退休前最后几年的下降幅度更大。然而，平均水平的下降幅度非常小。教育、年龄、健康状况、地区、婚姻状况和历史时间与退休前工作满意度的水平和变化有关，但与性别或护理无关。研究结果表明，在研究老年工作者的经历时，采取从时间到退休的方法非常重要。

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European Journal of Ageing GERONTOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： The European Journal of Ageing: Social, Behavioural and Health Perspectives is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the understanding of ageing in European societies and the world over. EJA publishes original articles on the social, behavioral and population health aspects of ageing and encourages an integrated approach between these aspects. Emphasis is put on publishing empirical research (including meta-analyses), but conceptual papers (including narrative reviews) and methodological contributions will also be considered. EJA welcomes expert opinions on critical issues in ageing. By stimulating communication between researchers and those using research findings, it aims to contribute to the formulation of better policies and the development of better practice in serving older adults. To further specify, with the term ''social'' is meant the full scope of social science of ageing related research from the micro to the macro level of analysis. With the term ''behavioural'' the full scope of psychological ageing research including life span approaches based on a range of age groups from young to old is envisaged. The term ''population health-related'' denotes social-epidemiological and public health oriented research including research on functional health in the widest possible sense.