Retirement Preparation for the Public Service of Chile

Abstract

Retirement  is a break in the lives of individuals, the  transition from one  way of living  centred on work, which has been  dominant  throughout his/her life, to a new stage that announces the beginning of old  age  and  requires  the individual's adaptation, both in life and in their own  expectations.

The aim of this study was to determine the perceptions and actions taken by employees in early retirement from the Social Security Agency, former INP (IPS public social security agency) and the Service of Civil Registry and Identification, in relation to retirement, in the communes of Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Quilpué, San Felipe, Los Andes; and the meaning attributed to work, also whether these perceptions are influenced by gender or scaffold to which they belong.

 
It is an exploratory-descriptive study, using quantitative and qualitative techniques in data collection. It exists at all levels (professional, administrative) and either male or female, a high valuation to work. Only half of the respondents planned their time once they retire ... Respondents have not taken steps to their retirement in the economic and social fiel. There is a shortage of social relationships outside work, which will negatively affect the future in the process of adaptation of the older person to their subjective well-being and quality of life.