Is retirement good or bad for mental and physical health functioning? Whitehall II longitudinal study of civil servants

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Authors

P Martikainen · Royal Society of Medicine

Abstract

The study found that retirement at age 60 had no effects on physical health functioning and, if anything, was associated with an improvement in mental health, particularly among high socioeconomic status groups.

Topics & Keywords

Retirement, Disability, and Employment Employment and Welfare Studies Workplace Health and Well-being

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Gender equality

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

Volume 57, Issue 1, pp. 46-49

DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.1.46

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