Occupational Choice and Vulnerability in Late Life: An Example of Women in the USA

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• Personal Author:
  Lawrence S ; McKnight R ; Teaster TP ; Watkins J ; Lawrence S ; McKnight R ; Teaster TP ; Watkins J
• Description:
  During the years surrounding WW II, many young American women entered federal government employment. Most of them assumed low- to mid-level clerical positions; however, a few became highly educated and advanced to high-level government employment. These government girls as they were called assumed positions of power and authority uncommon for U.S. women at that time. The large commitments required for their employment, however, limited these women's time for fulfilling traditional gender roles, such as marriage and having children. We describe a study in progress that examines how gender role and commitment to government employment affect quality of life during retirement, especially late-life loneliness, propensity for institutionalization, abandonment, self-neglect, morbidity, and mortality. We believe that this study is replicable and applicable to similar older women in other countries. Our research topic and methods offer a unique opportunity to conduct collaborative studies on other populations of retired female workers in late life. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Women
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Employee-exposure Employees Occupational-exposure Occupational-health Occupational-health-programs Occupational-psychology Occupational-sociology Occupations
• ISSN:
  0531-5131
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  106-111
• Volume:
  1280
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034650
• Citation:
  Int Congr Ser 2005 Jun; 1280:106-111
• Contact Point Address:
  R. McKnight, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40504
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  International Congress Series
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7e76fe72db09fb445200c280ea4e371eaca0ac2318f662d4e20d5e831eff7abe9e6cfd9bf793787fa6ccef7734bfb9e9afb47c5e0b944743efbafd7700492283
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186782/cdc_186782_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 77.27 KB ]