Sociodemografski faktori prilagodbe na umirovljenje kod starijih osoba u Bjelovaru

Continuous increase in senior population is logically accompanied by an increase in the number of retired persons. The retirement adjustment process includes planning and adaptation, which may last up to several years and encompass certain phases an individual ought to pass through. This research aims at achieving a better understanding of the manner in which elderly persons perceive retirement according to sociodemographic characteristics, and at recognising certain factors that are linked with either successful or unsuccessful retirement adjustment. The research involved 186 persons of both sexes, over 65 years of age, from the Bjelovar area, living in their own household or in institutions. A general information questionnaire was drafted, and the MIR Questionnaire for defining differences in the adjustment to retirement according to Atchley’s model (2004) was used. The best adjustment to retirement have shown respondents with the following sociodemographic characteristics: 1) according to marital status, persons either married or in civil partnership; 2) according to living arrangements, persons living with their spouse or partner, and those living with their family and other family members; 3) according to place of stay, persons living in their own household.