Abstract
Work expectations change in later life, especially for those not expecting to retire. But relatively little is known about factors related to this change. Using data from panel members of the Retirement History Study, job and personal characteristics, economic and health statuses, and selected attitudes in 1971 are related to types of work expectation (expected and unexpected retirees, retirement and work planners, proretirement and prowork switchers) from 1971 to 1975. Job-related, attitudinal, and economic items differ most across the six work-expectation types. But, contrary to many previous studies, health status influences change in work expectations only slightly; only in combination with other variables do health items contribute to explaining why respondents appear in one work-expectation type rather than another.
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