[citation report] Apprehensive about retirement: Women, life transitions, and relationships

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“…Research has suggested that some women appear to experience dichotomies in relation to their retirement. For example, a mixed methods study on American women found that the women experienced both excitement and fear in relation to their retirement (Sherry, Tomlinson, Loe, Johnston & Feeney, 2017). The same study reconciled this by suggesting that whilst participants recognised that retirement was a new phase in their lives, which could be filled with opportunity, they also felt as though it was a time of loss, which led to trepidation.…”

Section: A18 Qualitative Retirement Researchmentioning

confidence: 97%

How do Black Caribbean-born Women Living in the UK Construct Their Experience of Retirement? A Discursive Psychology Analysis

Butler

Farrants

2020

Journal of Women & Aging

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Section: A18 Qualitative Retirement Researchmentioning

confidence: 97%

How do Black Caribbean-born Women Living in the UK Construct Their Experience of Retirement? A Discursive Psychology Analysis

Butler

Farrants

2020

Journal of Women & Aging

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“…Relationships are highly significant in boomer women's experience and expectations of retirement, both as a source of support and satisfaction and as constraint and obligation (Onyx & Benton, ; Ray Karpen, ). A recent mixed methods study (Sherry et al, ) focusing on fears related to retirement found that women entering retirement experienced mixed emotions of loss and liberation simultaneously. Fears around potential conflict with their spouse/partner and the possibility of relationship breakdown were the most significant; the better the quality of the relationship with the spouse/partner, the less fearful and more satisfied women were.…”

Section: Feminist and Critical Gerontology Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A recent mixed methods study (Sherry et al, 2017) focusing on fears related to retirement found that women entering retirement experienced mixed emotions of loss and liberation simultaneously. Fears around potential conflict with their spouse/partner and the possibility of relationship breakdown were the most significant; the better the quality of the relationship with the spouse/partner, the less fearful and more satisfied women were.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Sociological studies of women's retirement have grown over the last two decades, although the topic remains under-studied compared with other areas in the discipline. Most of the limitations identified by Slevin and Wingrove (1995) persist (Sherry, Tomlinson, Loe, Johnston, & Feeney, 2017;van den Hoonaard, 2015). Although a broader range of theoretical perspectives is evident (e.g., Duberley & Carmichael, 2016;Sherry et al, 2017), the problem of weak theoretical applications continues to hinder some studies.…”

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“…Most of the limitations identified by Slevin and Wingrove (1995) persist (Sherry, Tomlinson, Loe, Johnston, & Feeney, 2017;van den Hoonaard, 2015). Although a broader range of theoretical perspectives is evident (e.g., Duberley & Carmichael, 2016;Sherry et al, 2017), the problem of weak theoretical applications continues to hinder some studies. Small sample sizes and lack of attention to diversity remain with continued focus on middle-class professional women.…”

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Are baby boomer women redefining retirement?

Sawyer

James

2018

Sociology Compass

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As the baby boomers enter later life, unprecedented numbers of women are retiring. The first generation of women to encounter retirement since its institutionalisation as an expected male life course transition in the mid‐20th century, these women are leaving the labour force at a time when the meanings associated with “retirement” are changing. Longer life expectancy, improved health outcomes, and transformations in work driven by globalisation have produced greater diversity in when, why, and how people exit the labour force. Many boomer women are disadvantaged in later life by their histories of discontinuous employment and care‐giving. Consequently, we argue, opportunities to engage in “retirement” projects of their own choosing are unequal across this population. This essay reviews qualitative studies in sociology that examine boomer women's experiences of retirement and is organised in terms of the three main approaches that inform this under‐studied field: critical/feminist gerontology, identity theory, and life course approaches. Based on our review, we posit the need for socially inclusive research, beyond the prevailing emphasis on White, middle‐class professional women; more studies examining the impact of earlier life course transitions on women's later years; and attention to the effects of “successful ageing” discourses on women's lived experiences.

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