ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Importance of the Working Environment for Early Retirement: Prospective Cohort Study with Register Follow-Up.
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- Risk factors for voluntary early old-age retirement in middle-aged workers: A meta-analysis.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2025Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of unemployment risk factors for middle-aged workers.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2025Pooled it
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- Economic gains from hypothetical improvements in the psychosocial work environment: A cohort study of 71 207 workers in Denmark.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2025Article
- Sickness absence trajectories and retirement pathways among industrial workers.European journal of public health · 2025Article
- The Relationship of Limitations in Daily Living Activities and Other Health-Related Factors with Early Retirement.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2025Article
- Poor psychosocial work environment: a ticket to retirement? Variations by gender and education.European journal of ageing · 2025Article
- Participation in and use of skills development for work ability and expected retirement age: a cross-sectional study among senior workers.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- 'Wait…, let me tell you, if I worked for a boss, I would be on sick leave': A Qualitative Study of Self-Employed Workers in Physically Demanding Jobs in the Netherlands.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Work-limiting musculoskeletal pain and its association with loss of paid employment among senior workers: prospective cohort study with register follow-up.European journal of public health · 2023Article
- Expected reasons for leaving the labour market and loss of paid employment among older workers: prospective cohort study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Gender Differences in Associations between Biomechanical and Psychosocial Work Exposures and Age of Withdrawal from Paid Employment among Older Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Quality of life and factors associated among public university employees retired due to disabilities.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThis study investigates the role of physical work demands and psychosocial work factors for early retirement among older workers.
methodsData from three Danish surveys on work environment and health among employed older workers (age 55-59) were merged with a national register containing information on labour market participation. Robust Poisson regression modelled the risk ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the association between physical and psychosocial work factors and early retirement, that is, not working after the age of 64.
resultsOf the 2800 workers, 53% retired early. High physical work demands (RR 1.33, 95% CI 1.19-1.48), poor overall psychosocial working conditions (RR 1.43, 95% CI 1.26-1.61), and access to early retirement benefits (RR 1.79, 95% CI 1.53-2.10) predicted early retirement. Subgroup analyses revealed that poor overall psychosocial working conditions were a stronger predictor for early retirement among workers with seated jobs than those with physically active jobs.
conclusionsHigh physical work demands and poor psychosocial working conditions are factors that can push older workers out of the labour market prematurely. Poor psychosocial working conditions seem to be a particularly strong push factor among workers with seated work.
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