1National Youth Policy Institute 2National Pension Research Institute
Corresponding Author:
Ji Kyung Kim ,Tel: +82-2-2188-8875, Fax: +82-2-2188-8819, Email: jkkim@nypi.re.kr
Received: March 31, 2010; Revised: April 5, 2010 Accepted: May 18, 2010.
ABSTRACT
Using the first wave of KLoSA(Korean Longitudinal study of Aging) beta version, this study analyzed factors affecting retirement adjustment by elapsed time from retiree's retirement through Binary Logit and Multinomial Logit Analysis. Participants were 1,780 retiree. The main results of this study were as follows : First, The retiree's education(-), health status(-), region(+), dwelling type(-), monthly household income(-), employment type before retirement(+), retirement reason(+), and the elapsed time from retirement(-) were affected whether they satisfied with pre-retirement or not. Second, The gender(-), age(-), and the region(+) were affected whether they satisfied with life after retirement or not. Third, The gender(-), age(-), education(+), heath status(+), dwelling type(+), monthly household income(+), retirement reason(-), and the elapsed time from retirement(+) were affected on their satisfaction after retirement compared to pre-retirement. Last, The different factors affected the life satisfaction after retirement by elapsed time from retirement.