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Retired persons' adjustment to new roles and implications for social work: a case study of pensioners njikoka local government area of Anambra state

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Okoye, Uzoma Odera
Departement of : SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOLOGY, University of Nigeria,Nsukka
DOI: https://doi.org/10.57054/codesria.pub.1155

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Retirement structural adjustment aged social work social welfare retirement pensions new roles Nigeria

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The study set out to identify what new roles retirees engage
n, how properly adjusted t.J1ey were t.o these new roles and the
mplications of these for Social Work in Nigeria. A total of four
,undred· and fifty .( 450) pensioners were se.Lected ueing syetematic
andom sampling method. These were pensiors with Nj ikolia Local
overnment Area as t-heir ·pay-point. The methode: of data collection
ere the guestlo,rnaire and interview. The data collected were
nalysed using percentages and chart.a while the hypotheses were
est.eel using Chi·-square (X2 ) and percentag,ss. The results obtained
howed that. smsll scale farming we. telle most popular new
ole/activity among the respondents.

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  1. Akukwe, F.N. l992J. Senior Citizens: A ~olicv Dilemma, Onitsha: ieritas Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd.
  2. Arua, E.O. and Okoye, C.U. (1992). "Employment Options for the Hetired", Being a paper presented at the Annual Workshop on Retirement from Public Service; Problems and Solutions, Nov.30 - Dec.l. 1992, Organised by the Institute For Child Health, UNTH, Enugu.

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February 23, 1997

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APA Odera, O. U. (1997). Retired persons' adjustment to new roles and implications for social work: a case study of pensioners njikoka local government area of Anambra state. CODESRIA. https://doi.org/10.57054/codesria.pub.1155

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Chicago Odera, Okoye, Uzoma. Retired persons' adjustment to new roles and implications for social work: a case study of pensioners njikoka local government area of Anambra state. Dakar: CODESRIA, 1997. https://doi.org/10.57054/codesria.pub.1155.

MLA Odera, Okoye, Uzoma. Retired persons' adjustment to new roles and implications for social work: a case study of pensioners njikoka local government area of Anambra state. CODESRIA, 1997. https://doi.org/10.57054/codesria.pub.1155.

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