Women's Retirement:

Abstract

Tho groups of manied, working women, ages 55 to 62, (N = 149) were compared on preretirement attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors, career satisfaction, opinions about work, competitiveness, mastery, and family orientation. Group I (career women) had a mean of 30 years of employment by age 55 and Group 2 (reentry women) had a mean 11 years by age 55. Career women anticipated retiring at an earlier age and scored higher on mastery and competitiveness than reentry women and they also tended to value career over maniage, but overall, work history appeared to have little effect on career satisfaction, attitudes toward retirement or the manner in which these women made their retirement decision