Older people's well-being as a function of employment, retirement, environmental characteristics and role preference.

Non-gerontological studies at younger ages have made clear the psychological importance of paid work, linked to the provision of for instance, goals, standard of value and social interaction (e.g. Jahoda, 1982) However, research into the pursuit roles held by older family has yielded inconsistent findings.

For example, having a piece of work after the age of retirement was accompanied by means of greater life satisfaction (compared with non-employed people) in research through Aquino, Russell, Cutrona, and Altmaier (1996) Kim and Feldman (2000) and Palmore, Burchett, Fillenbaum, George, and Wallman (1985) upon the other hand, George, Okun and Landerman (1985) reported that having a paid