Abstract
An interactionist perspective is employed in the interviews of forty male residents of a retirement community. Research was directed toward assessing male residents' satisfaction with retired life in general, and, specifically, with life in a retirement community. Emphasis is placed upon the respondent's definition of his situation as a useful analytical approach. Residents were found not only to be satisfied with retired life but surprisingly free of feelings of disengagement, work orientation, and conservative world view. Four related hypotheses are offered both to partially explain the findings and to stimulate further research in this area. Satisfaction with life in a retirement community is tied to the mutuality of background, life style, and interests operating within the community.
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