Lawless M, Buggy C J, Codd M B
School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science, University College Dublin, Dublin 6, Ireland.
Occup Med (Lond). 2015 Jun;65(4):303-8. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqv005. Epub 2015 Mar 9.
Studies suggest a higher prevalence of early retirement through disability among older people with lower educational attainment. There have been no national studies in Ireland on the factors that affect early withdrawal from the labour force through disability or long-term illness.
To identify and analyse potential impacts of education on early retirement through disability in the over 50 age cohort of the Irish Labour force.
We analysed the educational attainment of participants using The Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing (TILDA). The group of interest were those aged 50-75 who had retired early. The sample was dichotomized on disability. Examination of interviewer-recorded information on background influences determining early retirement decisions included the following factors: age, gender, education, family and socio-economic circumstances, including parental education.
A total of 334 of 1179 study subjects (28%) retired early through disability. Comparison of those retired early with and without disability showed a significantly higher frequency of lower educational attainment both personally and for parents. Men with lower educational attainment and from a non-professional background were more likely to retire early through disability. Non-professional disabled respondents with less well-educated parents had lower educational attainment than non-disabled respondents.
Among TILDA participants, educational attainment appears to influence early retirement through disability. The sector of previous employment was also a significant factor. Behaviour, lifestyle and employment choice are influenced by educational level, which may affect cognitive ability to process health information. Factors affecting the education-disability relationship could include parental education, employment status and socio-economic characteristics.
研究表明，受教育程度较低的老年人因残疾提前退休的比例更高。爱尔兰尚未有关于影响因残疾或长期疾病而提前退出劳动力市场的因素的全国性研究。
确定并分析教育对爱尔兰劳动力中50岁以上人群因残疾提前退休的潜在影响。
我们使用爱尔兰老龄化纵向研究（TILDA）分析了参与者的受教育程度。感兴趣的群体是那些提前退休的50至75岁的人。样本按残疾情况进行二分法划分。对访谈者记录的关于决定提前退休的背景影响信息的审查包括以下因素：年龄、性别、教育、家庭和社会经济状况，包括父母的教育程度。
1179名研究对象中有334人（28%）因残疾提前退休。对有残疾和无残疾的提前退休者进行比较，结果显示，个人及其父母受教育程度较低的频率显著更高。受教育程度较低且来自非专业背景的男性因残疾提前退休的可能性更大。父母受教育程度较低的非专业残疾受访者的受教育程度低于非残疾受访者。
在TILDA参与者中，受教育程度似乎会影响因残疾提前退休。之前的就业部门也是一个重要因素。行为、生活方式和就业选择受教育水平影响，这可能会影响处理健康信息的认知能力。影响教育与残疾关系的因素可能包括父母的教育程度、就业状况和社会经济特征。
