Employed and out of the labor force elderly in Puerto Rico: Differences in demographic, social, and economic characteristics

Abstract

Background/Objectives. 1) To compare demographic, social, and economic characteristics among employed and out of labor force elderly. 2) To explore the relationship between personal total income and specific incomes. Methods. The analysis realized was descriptive and inferential, including cross tabulations, descriptive statistics, correlations, and regression. Results. Nearly 90% is out of the labor force and 10% is employed. With regard to demographic characteristics, employed elderly is younger and male. As for social characteristics, there is a greater percent of employed elders who are married, with higher education, and without disability. With regard to the economic characteristics, there is a greater percent of employed elders classified as non-poor and with higher income. Conclusions. There is relationship between salary income and total income for employed elders, a relationship between total income and poverty status for both subpopulations, and retirement income contributes strongly to explaining the income of out of labor force elderly.