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| Boston College Center for Retirement Research, December 2008, Free
http://crr.bc.edu/images/stories/Working_Papers/2008-17.pdf
The authors found that job interference with leisure activities tends to motivate people to retire, while job interference with household chores does not, and job interference with basic functions like eating, sleeping, and grooming tends to motivate people to find other jobs, but not to retire. |
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| http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/AoA_Programs/Special_Projects/Civic_Engagement/index.aspx, Free
A site about civic involvement and social change, specifically geared to older adults. |
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| http://www.civicventures.org/, Free
Civic Ventures focuses particularly on how people in the second half of life can transform their own lives and that of others through community-focused activity. |
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| http://www.easi.org/, Free
An organization to build, promote, and utilize the environmental ethic, expertise, and commitment of older persons to expand citizen involvement in protecting and caring for the environment. |
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| http://www.oasisnet.org/, Free
A great site if you want to get involved in inter-generational tutoring. |
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| http://jag.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/29/1/70
The authors find that for older rural white adults, ease of transportation decreases with income. But for their black counterparts, the relationship is not with income, but with age, gender, marital status, mental acuity, and depression. |
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