title: Productive and social engagement following driving cessation: a couple-based analysis.
abstract: Drawing on interdependence theory, this study examined the cross-spouse impact of driving cessation on productive (work, formal volunteering, and informal volunteering) and social engagement of older couples aged 65+ using longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study (1998-2010; N = 1,457 couples). Multilevel modeling results indicate that driving cessation reduced husbands' productive and social engagement, and wives' productive engagement. Spousal driving cessation reduced husbands' likelihood of working or formal volunteering, and wives' likelihood of working or informal volunteering. The more time since spousal driving cessation, the less likely husbands were to work and the less likely wives were to formally volunteer. Results suggest the need for greater recognition of the impact of driving cessation on couples, rather than just individuals, as well as the need for enhanced services or rehabilitation efforts to maintain driving even among couples with one remaining driver.
authors: School of Social Work, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA curla@missouri.edu.
authors: Angela L
authors: AL
authors: Curl
authors: Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
authors: Christine M
authors: CM
authors: Proulx
authors: Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA Frank L. Mitchell Jr., MD Trauma Center, University of Missouri Hospital, Columbia, MO, USA.
authors: James D
authors: JD
authors: Stowe
authors: Department of Sociology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA.
authors: Teresa M
authors: TM
authors: Cooney
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D017678:Sex Distribution; D058992:Social Participation; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: driving cessation; dyadic study; employment; engagement; married couples; volunteering