Post-Retirement Social Adjustment Problems among Male Senior Citizens in Urban Punjab, Pakistan: A Phenomenological Analysis

Abstract

Old age is characterized by different changes in an individual’s life, and one of those remarkable
events is termed as ‘retirement’. After retirement starts a transitional phase for the aged people. At
the age of 59 years, 11 months, and 29 days, an individual is at a job; on the next day, he/she is a
retiree. This article aims to describe the mode of various problems in social adjustment among male
senior citizens after retirement in Punjab. The present research conducted the interviews with the
retired male senior citizens in urban areas of Punjab by using an interview guide and collected data.
It followed multi-stage sampling and included three steps i.e. firstly, three districts of Punjab were
selected randomly; secondly, pension pay-centers were chosen purposively. It had the participants
who were retired male senior citizens from the formal labor force and aged between 61-63 years
only. Significant themes generated out of saturated data were “I am no more employed: Problems of
Retired Male Senior Citizens, Post-retirement social adjustment difficulties and Factors responsible
for social adjustment of retired male senior citizens.” It was concluded that the government lacks
future planning and consequently retirees face problems in social adjustment according to the new
patterns of their life. It is recommended that the government pay attention to the better adjustment
of retired senior citizens by establishing unique recreational spots by utilizing existing public
institution buildings.