title: Work-related factors and early retirement intention: a study of the Danish eldercare sector.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Western countries are experiencing an ageing and shrinking workforce in the eldercare sector. This study investigated whether 12 different work-related factors are associated with early retirement intentions of employees in the Danish eldercare sector. We tested whether three hypotheses explained the increase of early retirement intention: (i) high job demands (four factors) and low resources (four factors); (ii) low job attitude (three factors); and (iii) high physical strain (one factor).
  
  
  METHODS
  We included 2444 employees (aged 45-57 years) from two waves (T1 and T2) from a prospective study. Multinomial logistic regression models showed whether 12 work-related factors (T1) were associated with early retirement intention (T2); very early retirement intention and early retirement intention vs. normal retirement intention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Only 14% of the participants wished to retire at the normal retirement age (65 years or older). High physical strain [hypothesis (iii)] and low and normal affective organizational commitment [hypothesis (ii)] were associated with very early retirement intention. None of the other work-related factors associated with early retirement intention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Future interventions should focus on reducing physical strain and increase or maintain affective organizational commitment among employees in the eldercare sector to postpone retirement.
authors.affiliation: National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lersoe Parkallé 105, DK-2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark.
authors.forename: Camilla S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Sejbaek
authors.forename: Mette A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Nexo
authors.forename: Vilhelm
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Borg
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009735:Nursing Homes; D005082:Physical Exertion; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012179:Retirement / Q000523:psychology*; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology