Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Ekerdt argues that in newly retired individuals, the work ethic is transformed into a “busy ethic” and an “ideology of pensions.”
2. The “busy ethic” provides moral continuity to the transition from work to retirement.
3. A “creative retirement” is accessible primarily to those who are privileged.
4. Creative retirement” has more to do with how people choose to spend their time in retirement than with how they experience, feel, and think about the ways they are engaged with others.
5. According to Manheimer, people who choose to retire creatively should first be concerned with what gives them satisfaction.


1. True
2. True
3. False
4. False
5. True

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