Self-care and anticipated transition into retirement and later life in a Nordic welfare context

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Table 1 Examples of meaning units, condensed meaning units, categories and themes from the content analyses of interviews among individuals (n = 13) who anticipated the transition into old age pensioner life in the Nordic welfare context

Meaning units	Condensed meaning units	Categories^a	Themes^b
“Yes, if one becomes an old age pensioner and has the strength to travel, then I could think of being away a month or so …” (Respondent L)	To travel for longer periods of time when retired from work	Aging	Opportunities
“It will be like that, you become dependent … and of course most of all I would like to have an apartment in a sheltered living, where you can manage on your own and also know that you can [be helped when needed] …” (Respondent A)	To become dependent on other people and wish to have the help nearby in a sheltered living	Housing	Expectations and wishes
“We can’t trust anything today. There are so quick changes in society today … you don’t know where we as older people will be. If we can get help at home. We don’t know anything … All restrictions … we have to cut down on things now. There is no money …” (Respondent G)	To be concerned about the future and worry about economic issues	Future	Concerns and worries

Notes:

a From the deductive content analysis;

b from the inductive content analysis.

Table 2 Background variables for respondents

Respondents	Age (years)	Sex	Civil status	Home town	Profession
A	65	Female	Married/Cohabiting	Rural	Secretary
B	63	Female	Single	Rural	Secretary
C	56	Female	Married/Cohabiting	Rural	Executive in own firm
D	65	Male	Married/Cohabiting	Rural	Farmer
E	59	Male	Married/Cohabiting	Rural	Farmer/Construction worker
F	55	Female	Married/Cohabiting	Civil servant town	Enrolled nurse
G	58	Female	Married/Cohabiting	Civil servant town	Executive in own firm
H	65	Female	Married/Cohabiting	Civil servant town	Farmer
I	63	Female	Married/Cohabiting	Civil servant town	Practical nurse
J	61	Female	Married/Cohabiting	Industrial town	Benefit recipient
K	60	Female	Married/Cohabiting	Industrial town	Practical nurse
L	55	Male	Married/Cohabiting	Industrial town	Personnel assistant
M	56	Male	Married/Cohabiting	Industrial town	Executive in own firm