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Table 3 Characteristics of the studies

From: Domains and determinants of retirement timing: A systematic review of longitudinal studies

First Author + year of publication

Country + Dataset

Period of study

Characteristics population + Sample size

Occupational group

Outcome source

Peer-reviewed

Christensen 2012 [24]

Denmark, general population random sample

1985-2001

Workers and unemployed persons looking for a job in 1985 aged 50 (N= 9329)

Various

Register-based

Y

Coile 2000 [35]

United States, HRS

1951-1998

Male workers aged 55-69 (N= 5886)

Various

1) Before 1992 register-based, 2) From 1992 self-reported

Y

de Preter 2013 [20]

Europe, ECHP

1994-2001

Workers aged 50+ years (N= 3081 males, N=1413 females)

Various

Self-reported

Y

Gesthuizen 2011 [22]

The Netherlands, Dutch Socio-economic panel

1990-2001

Workers aged 50-65 (N=1521 males, N=1808 females)

Various

Self-Reported

N

Gortz 2012 [25]

Denmark, Longitudinal Data Set

1997-2006

Female workers aged 60-64 (N= 4800)

Day-care teachers and assistants

Register-based

Y

Herquelot 2011 [26]

France, GAZEL

1989-2007

Male workers aged 40-50, female workers aged 35-50 (N= 3036)

Workers of the French national electricity and gas company

Self-reported

Y

Heyma 2004 [27]

The Netherlands, CERRA

1993, 1995

Workers aged 40-65 (N= 4727)

Various

Self-reported

Y

Kerkhofs 1999 [28]

The Netherlands, CERRA

1991-1995

Main income earners aged 43 - 63 (N= 2560)

Various

Self-reported

Y

Marton 2010 [36]

United States, HRS

1992-2004

Male workers aged 51–61 (N=3150)

Various

Self-reported

N

Montizaan 2013 [33]

United States, US NLSOM

1966-1983

Male workers aged 45-59 (N= 3624)

Various

Self-reported

Y

Olesen 2012 [29]

Australia, HILDA

2001-2006

Workers aged 45-75 (N= 1516 males and 1287 females)

Various

Self-reported

Y

Ӧrestig 2013 [37]

Sweden, PSAE

2003-2007

Persons aged 57-64 (N=854)

Various

Register-based

Y

Roberts 2009 [30]

United Kingdom and Germany, panel survey

1991-2002

Workers aged 50-60/65 (female/male) (Germany: N= 1186 UK: N=1135)

Various

Self-reported

N

Robroek 2013 [31]

Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, and Greece, SHARE

2004-2009

Workers aged between 50 and the statutory retirement age (N= 4923)

Various

Self-reported

Y

Rubb 2009 [23]

United States, supplements of the Current Population Surveys

1994-2001

Workers aged 55-64 (N= 5709 males and N=4917 females)

Various

Self-reported

Y

Schils 2008 [21]

United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, panel survey

1991-2004, 1990-2005, 1990-2001

Workers aged 50-65 (Germany: 5150 The Netherlands: 1580 United Kingdom: 3629)

Various

Self-reported

Y

Schuring 2013 [32]

The Netherlands, POLS

1999-2008

Workers aged 45-64 (N= 3751)

Various

Register-based

Y

Song 2008 [12]

United States, Social Security administration data

1997-2005

Workers born in 1923-1943 (N= 124 850)

Various

Register-based

Y

van Solinge 2010 [7]

The Netherlands, NIDI

2001 and 2006/2007

Workers aged 50-60 (N= 1621)

Civil servants and employees active in ICT, retail, trade, industry and banking

Self-reported

Y

van Solinge 2011 [34]

The Netherlands, NIDI

2001 and 2006/2007

Workers aged 50-60 (N= 1611)

Civil servants and employees active in ICT, retail, trade, industry and banking

Self-reported

Y

Articles included in sensitivity analysis

 Coile 2007 [48]

United States, HRS

1951-2000

Male workers aged 55-69 (N=2467)

Various

1) Before 1992 register-based, 2) From 1992 self-reported

Y

 de Preter 2013 [9]

Europe, SHARE

2004-2007

Workers aged 50-70 (N= 5127)

Various

Self-reported

Y

 Friis 2007 [49]

Denmark, Database for Labor Market Research

1993-2002

Female workers aged 51-59 (N= 5538)

Nurses

Register-based

Y

 Jensen 2012 [50]

Denmark, insurance fund PENSAM

1993-2008

Workers (N=2792)

Nurses aides

Register-based

Y

 Mein 2000 [51]

United Kingdom, Whitehall II study

1988-1995

Workers aged 50 - 59.5 (N= 2532)

Civil servants

Self-reported

Y

 Palmore 1982 [43]

United States, Ohio, NLS

1966-1976

Male workers aged 68-69 (N= 295)

Various

Self-reported

Y

  1. Abbreviations: CERRA Centre for Economic Research on Retirement and Ageing, ECHP European Community Household Panel, GAZEL The GAZ and ELectricité cohort, HILDA Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia, HRS Health and Retirement Study, NIDI Panel study on retirement behaviour in the Netherlands, NLS The National Longitudinal Surveys, POLS Permanent Survey on Living Conditions, PSAE Panel Survey on Ageing and the Elderly, SHARE Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, US NLSOM US National Longitudinal Survey of Older Men