A Comparative Study of Age Differences of Work and Life among the White Color Male Workers I

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the age differences of work and life of the white color male workers. The data used in this study is obtained from a survey of 1131 male workers in a major national computer manufacturing company in 1988. 1) After controlling for section, position, income, and education, age affects on most of work and life of the white color male workers. 2) The 24-29 year old group has the longest working hours in all age groups. The majority of this group retire the latest at night. Leisure activities and hobbies, not work, are meaningful to these workers. The degree of their job's satisfaction is the lowest. 3) The 30-39 year old workers find their work and family life most worthwhile. Moreover, the 35-39 year old group has a greater degree of satisfaction and load in both job and family life. 4) Finding shows that the 40-44 year old workers' working hours are shorter and their bed time is earlier than those of the workers aged below 40. A contradictory finding in observed between the 40-44 year old workers and the 45-49 year old workers. The former find their work meaningful, and the latter complaint frequently of the evaluation of their job ability made by their superintendents, and they value the leisure activities andhobbies than their job. 5) Although the 50-53 year old workers have the shortest working hours of all, their work are meaningful to them. They express, however, the highest degree of dissatisfaction with the evaluation of their job ability made by their superintendents.