@article {6928,
	title = {Honeymoons and joint lunches: effects of retirement and spouse{\textquoteright}s employment on depressive symptoms.},
	journal = {J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci},
	volume = {59},
	year = {2004},
	month = {2004 Sep},
	pages = {P233-45},
	publisher = {59B},
	abstract = {<p>With hypotheses derived from a life course perspective in conjunction with life event stress and role theories, we examine whether a spouse{\textquoteright}s employment and length of retirement affect a person{\textquoteright}s postretirement depressive symptoms and whether such effects differ by gender. Analyses use pooled data from Waves 1-4 of the Health and Retirement Survey, using a subsample of married individuals who either remained continuously employed over time or completely retired since the Wave 1 interviews (N = 2,695). Recently retired men seem to be negatively affected by their spouses{\textquoteright} continuous employment when compared with men whose wives were continuously not employed. In contrast, spouses{\textquoteright} joint retirement has a beneficial influence on both recently retired and longer-retired men. However, for recently retired men, the positive effect of wives{\textquoteright} retirement seems to be contingent on spouses{\textquoteright} enjoyment of joint activities. Among women, effects of spouses{\textquoteright} employment occur only among very recently retired wives (0-6 months). These wives report more depressive symptoms if their spouses were already nonemployed prior to wives{\textquoteright} retirement. These results demonstrate the complexity of retirement adaptation processes and suggest that marital context plays an important role in retirement well-being.</p>},
	keywords = {Adaptation, Psychological, Aged, Aging, Data collection, depression, Employment, Female, Humans, Life Change Events, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Mental Health, Middle Aged, Retirement, Sex Factors, Spouses},
	issn = {1079-5014},
	doi = {10.1093/geronb/59.5.p233},
	author = {Maximiliane E Szinovacz and Adam Davey}
}
