1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«The aim of this study is to evaluate gender differences while also taking other factors into account in planning for retirement, age at retirement, returning to work after retirement, and the current socio-economic situation of retirees.» (p. iii)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«The 2009 Canadian Community Health Survey–Healthy Aging is the source of data used […].» (p. iii)

Instruments :
Questionnaire

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«[G]ender roles […] seem to play an important role in understanding the decision-making process as well as the outcome of retirement for both men and women: men were the bread-winner in the family and women were typically less financially autonomous due to their participation in domestic work. It seems that two models emerge for women from the baby-boomer cohort such that one model is more traditional where marriage and having a family seem to be the main aspirations for some, and a second model where some women are more attached to the labour force and also have work-related aspirations. It follows that men and women have had different opportunities to develop and actualize their human capital, which also contributes to later differentials in their socio-economic situation. [D]ifferences in the ways that either increase or decrease the ages at which males and females plan to retire are most likely explained by the nature of the work that both sexes have contributed to in their lifetimes where males have more predominantly been involved in paid work compared to females who have had to balance their paid work with domestic work. Gender differences still exist in the age that individuals are planning to retire such that males plan to retire later than females. Marital status also plays a role in deciding at what age an individual plans to retire, and each sex is affected by different marital statuses.» (p. 61)