Aging women and men in the medical profession: the effect of gender and marital status on successful aging and retirement intent in Australian doctors

Carmelle Peisah; Georgina M. Luscombe; Joanne K. Earl; Chanaka Wijeratne

doi:10.1080/08952841.2018.1412391

Aging women and men in the medical profession: the effect of gender and marital status on successful aging and retirement intent in Australian doctors

Carmelle Peisah^*, Georgina M. Luscombe, Joanne K. Earl, Chanaka Wijeratne

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Abstract

Despite increasing interest from the medical profession in aging and retirement, we know little about effects of gender, marital status, and cohort on aging within the profession. We surveyed 1,048 Australian doctors from “younger” (55–64) and “older” (65–89) cohorts, investigating gender and marital effects on perceptions of successful aging, career, and retirement intent. Women intend to retire earlier. Younger cohort and married women more frequently viewed their career as a calling, while women in general, and single women more frequently, endorsed personal successful aging more than men. Broader understanding of the different experiences of aging for men and women doctors is needed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	95-107
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Women and Aging
Volume	31
Issue number	2
Early online date	8 Dec 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2018.1412391
Publication status	Published - 2019

Keywords

doctors
physicians
retirement
retirement intentions
successful aging

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