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Compared were correlates of retirement satisfaction for married and widowed rural women. Increase in voluntary association memberships and health were predictors of retirement satisfaction for both groups. Financial adequacy and frequency and certainty of aid from friends were predictors of satisfaction for married women, whereas maintenance of preretirement friendships and frequency of visits with friends were predictors of satisfaction for widowed women.
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Dorfman et al. (1987) studied this question.
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