To be active or not to be active, that is the question: The preference model of activity in advanced age

Preference theory in advanced age and the older Czech workforce

“…It should be also noted that the preference index and typology as such is constructed with a rather high reduction of cases, therefore much of the information may be lost and the statistical test may give overly confirmative results. However, since the results are in line with previous research in slightly different context of everyday life activities on a larger sample (Vidovićová 2005) and they do relate to socio-demographic and socio-economic characteristics in an expected and logical way, we may dismiss these concerns until larger surveys in the future prove otherwise.…”

“…The results presented above therefore confirm both the identifiable existence of three separate types of value orientations in the context of work and retirement and its potential power to explain the timing of labour market exit in older workers. On the other hand, as opposed to my previous study on leisure activities (Vidovićová 2005), here the assumption of normal distribution was violated and the independence on structural socio-economic characteristics remains, due to the crossectionality of the data and restricted sample (the sample is based only on a ten-year age-interval), unresolved.…”

“…The preference model, based on triadic basis, stresses the explanatory strength of preferences, values and life strategies and derives its reliability from the (pre-) existence of a 'new social scenario'. There was a tacit assumption that the model's individual components approximately copy normal distribution, which was proved by the analysis of leisure pursuits in previous research (Vidovićová 2005). We also take on the hypothesis that within the model the explanatory strength of some commonly studied socio-demographic characteristics is weakened.…”

“…We have proposed (Vidovićová 2005) that Hakim's (2000) preference theory could be successfully applied to latter age, if we, inspired by women juggling family-work preferences, look at the preferences towards activity vs inactivity in latter age. We have tested and proved this theory in terms of everyday leisure activities in which people of advanced age engage.…”

Determinants of early retirement transitions of teachers in Poland - does regional heterogeneity play a role?

“…With the rise of early retirement options there has been a growing destandardisation of transition to retirement (Kohli 1994) enabling a diversity of individual preferences concerning the time of employment exit to come to the fore. Along these lines Vidovićová (2005) identifies three groups of elderly in the Czech Republic with regard to the level of activity in old age: active, adaptive and inactive, and assumes that among the inactive there will be the highest probability of early retirement. Soidre (2005) has applied preference theory to the question of retirement transition in Sweden.…”