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What Is Old Age? Differences in Views of Old Age Between Employees and the Self-Employed.
| Τίτλος: | What Is Old Age? Differences in Views of Old Age Between Employees and the Self-Employed. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Adhikari N; Department of Social Science, School of Engineering Sciences, LUT University, Lappeenranta, Finland., Kotisaari K; Department of Social Science, School of Engineering Sciences, LUT University, Lappeenranta, Finland., Komp-Leukkunen K; Department of Social Science, School of Engineering Sciences, LUT University, Lappeenranta, Finland., Rantanen V; Department of Social Science, School of Engineering Sciences, LUT University, Lappeenranta, Finland. |
| Πηγή: | International journal of aging & human development [Int J Aging Hum Dev] 2026 Sep; Vol. 103 (2), pp. 182-207. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Jan 13. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Sage Publications Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0370033 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1541-3535 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00914150 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Int J Aging Hum Dev Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: 2015- : Los Angeles : Sage Publications Original Publication: Farmingdale, N. Y., Baywood Pub. Co. |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Employment*/psychology , Aging*/psychology, Retirement/psychology ; Humans ; Female ; Aged ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Finland |
| Περίληψη: | Self-employment is a way for older adults to become active, achieve financial security and contribute to the economy. We explore the meaning of old age from the perspectives of employed and self-employed people. To examine the meaning of old age, 16 employed and self-employed Finns aged 50 and older were interviewed. The sample was stratified according to gender, employment relationship and company size. We employ the life course perspective to examine how choice of work over the life course influences how people think about old age. Employees and self-employed individuals have different perspectives and ways of defining the onset of old age, particularly in terms of the link between retirement and old age. This paper demonstrates that employees and the self-employed view the beginning of old age differently and have different life courses, showing the complex interplay between work and perception of old age. |
| Competing Interests: | Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. |
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| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Finland; employment; life course; meaning; old age; retirement; self-employment |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260113 Date Completed: 20260807 Latest Revision: 20260813 |
| Update Code: | 20260813 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC13447798 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00914150251401564 |
| PMID: | 41529057 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1541-3535 |
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| DOI: | 10.1177/00914150251401564 |