RETIREMENT AND MARITAL QUALITY

退役对武术质量的影响通常在 小规模的探索性研究仅限于范围狭窄的婚姻 内容。调查结果与其说是结论不如说是提示性的。建议数 该项目将调查退休前和退休后的婚姻质量 样本大小足以进行多变量数据分析。特定的 目的是比较退休夫妇和工作夫妇在 丈夫和妻子对其婚姻的看法之间的对应 质量，并比较退休丈夫和他们的妻子在他们 直接回顾退休对他们的影响 婚姻。 研究人群--500人或250对已婚夫妇--将被抽出 来自波士顿V.A.标准老龄化研究的参与者。 该项目将分别采访125对夫妇的婚姻伴侣 丈夫在过去一年内退休的(退休夫妇)，以及 丈夫所在的125对同龄夫妇的伴侣 全职(工作夫妻)。个人之间的婚姻质量将是 以婚姻适应、行为投诉的标准评估来衡量 关于配偶，和家务任务的责任。此外，退休的 配偶们将被要求提供他们对 退休的婚姻后果。采访将收集其他数据 关于家庭，关于工作和退休经历。多变量 将使用统计技术来测试相似性(通过 比较平均水平)和(按配偶间相关性)的共识 丈夫和妻子对自己的婚姻质量的看法在工作期间有所不同 和退休夫妇。回归模型与多变量分析 将使用方差来控制因素(如健康、是否存在 儿童)，这可能会混淆工人和退休人员的比较。在退休人员中 夫妻退休对婚姻影响的回顾评估 将按性别和不同的退休情况进行比较 列联表分析。此外，来自开放式的叙事数据 本课程将考查问题，以定性描述婚姻的性质。 退休丈夫和他们的妻子所表达的欣慰和抱怨。 对退休的可能后果的准确了解将是 给未来退休人员和他们的配偶以及 关注老年夫妇生活方式的从业者和规划者。

The effect of retirement on martial quality has typically been examined in small-scale exploratory studies limited to a narrow range of marital content. Findings have been more suggestive than conclusive. The proposed project will investigate marital quality before and after retirement using a sample of sufficient size to permit multivariate data analyses. Specific aims are to compare retired couples with working couples regarding the correspondence between husbands' and wives' perceptions of their marital quality, and to compare retired husbands and their wives concerning their direct retrospective accounts about the effect of retirement on their marriage. The study population--500 individuals or 250 married couples--will be drawn from among the participants in the V.A. Normative Aging Study in boston. The project will separately interview marital partners from 125 couples in which the husband has retired within the last year (retired couples), along with partners from 125 age-peer couples in which the husband is employed full-time (working couples). Marital quality among individuals will be measured by standard assessments of marital adjustment, behavior complaints about the spouse, and household task responsibility. In addition, retired spouses will be asked for their direct retrospective views about the marital consequences of retirement. Interviews will gather other data about the household and about work and retirement experience. Multivariate statistical techniques will be used to test whether the similarity (by comparative mean level) and the consensus (by inter-spouse correlation) of husbands' and wives' views about their marital quality vary between working and retired couples. Regression models and multivariate analyses of variance will be used to control for factors (such as health, presence of children) that could confound worker-retiree comparisons. Among retired couples retrospective evaluations of the effect of retirement on marriage will be compared by gender and across circumstances of retirement using contingency table analysis. in addition, narrative data from open-ended questions will be examined to describe qualitatively the nature of marital gratifications and complaints as voiced by retired husbands and their wives. Accurate knowledge about the likely consequences of retirement will be of practical benefit to prospective retirees and their spouses, as well as to practitioners and planners concerned with the lifestyles of older couples.