Retirement expectations of the staff of the University of Santiago de Compostela
A.Mª. Cal Crespo, J.M. Mayán Santos, C. Arce Fernández, Mª. del C. Gutiérrez Moar

SUMMARY

    Since we are involved in the importance of the retirement nowadays, questioning parameters as age of retirement, sustainability of pension systems, and we pay special attention on the subjective impact on individuals, we have carried out an study about the expectations on retirement, among a group of workers in the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). In order to do so, we have made a survey, measuring activity, social link, expectations on retirement and labour and vital satisfaction, as well as personal identification variables (age, sex, marital status, etc). By using the SPSS software, we made a descritpive analysis among the variables of study. This lead us to conclude that the attitude about retirement is hope. We also found a stated interest to continue the active life. The biggest fear is to see a restriction of the purchasing power.

KEY WORDS

    Retirement, active aging.

Vol. 17 nº2-2006