To discover potential sources of difficulty associated with retirement and aging, a questionnaire was devised and administered to a sample of 32 retirees (M age of 691 yr.) who had worked full time for at least ten years and were now working less than fifteen hours per week. Relationships between lack of satisfaction with post-retirement life and about half of various suggested sources of difficulty pertaining to retirement and aging were established by chi squared.
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