The role of personal and occupational factors in Social welfare in teachers on the brink of retirement

Social well-being affected by personal and occupational contexts' changes. The purpose of this study was to compare social well-being in male and female teachers at the threshold of retirement according to some demographic characteristics. In causal-comparative research, a total of 138 (59 female and 79 male) teachers from North Khorasan province who had a work experience of 26 years old were selected by multistage random sampling method and completed demographic checklist and social well-being scale (Keyes, 1998). Data analysis was performed by multivariate covariance analysis with SPSS.16 Software. The results showed that by eliminating the effect of demographic characteristics, gender differences in integration, contribution, and social coherence are significant (P≤ 0.05) and male teachers have a higher mean. The findings of this study showed that social well-being varies among male and female teachers and demographic characteristics have a moderating role in this regard.