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Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2009 Sep;24(3):722–728. doi: 10.1037/a0015121

Table 3.

Summary of hierarchical regressions examining cross-sectional associations between personality factors (Block 4) and retirement-related variables after controlling for demographic characteristics (Block 1), mental and physical health (Block 2), and retirement voluntariness (Block 3)

	Expected Retirement	Anticipatory Thoughts	Anticipatory Emotions	Retirement Satisfaction	Activity Level	Part-Time Work
Block 1
B_Age	.077^**	.010	.027^**	.010	.004	−.042
B_Gender (female)	−.664	−.606^**	−.088	.050	.164	.063
B_Ethnicity (White)	−.488	−.004	.122	.076	.472^**	−.205
B_Education	.233^**	.085^*	.109^**	.079^**	.083^*	−.009
p(Block 1)	<.001^**	.003^**	<.001^**	.012^*	.005^**	.218
Block 2
B_{Physical health}	.267	.441^**	.356^**	.231^**	.425^**	.633^*
B_{Mental health}	.330	.200	.090	.127	−.190	−.593
p(Block 2)	.312	.001^**	.001^**	.002^**	<.001^**	.031^*
Block 3
B_{Voluntariness}	1.64^**	.808^**	.933^**	.357^**	.239	.218
p(Block 3)	<.001^**	<.001^**	<.001^**	.002^**	.113	.575
Block4
B_Neuroticism	−.095^**	−.004	−.014	−.014^*	−.007	.008
B_Extraversion	−.019	.010	.012	.015^*	.027^**	.050^*
B_Openness	.055	−.008	−.017	.003	.003	−.051
B_{Agreeableness}	−.011	−.021	−.004	.001	−.010	−.025
B_{Conscientiousness}	.009	−.003	−.006	.002	.013	.006
p(Block 4)	.034^*	.48	.063	.044^*	.004^**	.153

Note: n = 144

p < .05

^**

p<.01.

All variables measured at 2004 assessment.