Abstract：
Objectives: We investigated factors associated with job retention after developing a visual impairment in late middle adulthood. Methods: Using longitudinal survey data from the Health and Retirement Study, we identified respondents who first reported poor eyesight or legal blindness at age 44-64 years in Waves 3-14 and who were employed in the previous wave. We conducted a multiple logistic regression analysis with job retention as the dependent variable and health and socioeconomic characteristics as independent variables. Results: Women, people who were married or partnered, and people with fair or better self-reported health were more likely to retain employment after vision loss, whereas people with more chronic health conditions were less likely to retain employment. Discussion: Poor health and chronic health conditions may prompt late middle-aged adults to leave the labor force after developing vision loss. Timely vocational rehabilitation services can help employed people with vision loss retain employment.
摘要：
目标：我们调查了成年后期视力障碍后与工作保留相关的因素。方法：使用来自健康与退休研究的纵向调查数据，我们确定了在Waves3-14的44-64岁时首次报告视力不良或法定失明的受访者,以及在上一次调查中受雇的受访者.我们进行了多元逻辑回归分析，以工作保留为因变量，以健康和社会经济特征为自变量。结果：妇女，已婚或有伴侣的人，自我报告健康状况良好或更好的人在视力丧失后更有可能保留工作，而慢性健康状况较多的人保留就业的可能性较小。讨论：健康状况不佳和慢性健康状况可能会促使中年人在视力丧失后离开劳动力。及时的职业康复服务可以帮助视力丧失的就业者保持就业。
