RETIREMENT AND MARITAL QUALITY

退役对军事素质的影响通常在 小规模的探索性研究仅限于范围狭窄的婚姻状况， 内容 调查结果更多的是提示性的，而不是结论性的。 拟议 该项目将调查退休前后的婚姻质量， 一个足够大的样本，以允许多变量数据分析。 具体 目的是比较退休夫妇和工作夫妇在 丈夫和妻子对婚姻的看法之间的对应关系 他们的妻子和丈夫，他们的丈夫和妻子，他们的妻子和他们的丈夫，他们的妻子和他们的妻子。 关于退休对他们的影响的直接追溯账户 婚姻 研究对象为500名个人或250对已婚夫妇 从退伍军人事务部的参与者中选出在波士顿的规范老化研究。 该项目将分别采访125对夫妇的配偶， 丈夫在去年退休（退休夫妇），沿着 来自125对同龄夫妇的伴侣， 全职（工作夫妻）。 个人之间的婚姻质量 通过对婚姻适应、行为投诉、 关于配偶和家务责任的问题。 此外，退休的 配偶将被要求直接回顾他们的意见， 退休的婚姻后果。 访谈将收集其他数据 关于家庭、工作和退休的经历。 多元 统计技术将用于测试是否相似性（通过 相对平均水平）和（通过配偶间相关性）的共识 不同职业的夫妻对婚姻质量的看法存在差异 和退休夫妇 回归模型和多变量分析 方差将用于控制因素（如健康、 这可能会混淆工人与退休人员的比较。 离退休 夫妇对退休对婚姻影响的回顾性评估 将按性别和退休情况进行比较， 列联表分析 此外，来自不限成员名额 问题将被审查，以定性描述婚姻的性质， 退休的丈夫和他们的妻子所表达的满足和抱怨。 对退休可能产生的后果的准确了解将是 对未来退休人员及其配偶的实际好处，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.