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contexts > human activities > retirement

Preferred term

retirement  

Definition

  • Retirement is often defined as a withdrawal from active working life undertaken by older adults. Unfortunately, such a definition is hardly descriptive of the phenomenon. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Development; Retirement]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JMMCCN3B-C

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