Readiness and Attitude of Female Workers towards Retirement In Rivers State

Abstract

The study investigated the readiness and attitude of female workers towards retirement. Simple random sampling technique was adopted to select 400 female workers from ministries, teaching service commission, tertiary institutions as well as private establishments in Rivers State. The “Readiness and Attitude of Female Workers Toward Retirement Questionnaire” (RAFWTRQ) was administered to the respondents to collect relevant data. The t-test and Analysis of variance (ANOVA) statistics were used to test three generated null hypotheses. The findings showed that there were no significant differences between and among respondents’ readiness and attitude towards retirement based on religious affiliations, marital status, academic qualification and job type. Significant differences were, however, found among the female workers based on age group. Based on the findings, some recommendations were made. Amongst them are: professional counselors in Nigeria should step up efforts at establishing their own counseling clinics where they would be able to provide assistance to serving workers on readiness for retirement and counselors should effectively utilize their general counseling skills through the different non governmental organizations (NGOs), women organizations and groups in enlightenment campaigns on readiness for retirement.

Key words: Readiness, Attitude, Retirement