PERSONAL LIFESTYLE OF RETIRED SEAFARERS

A Research Proposal Presented to the Faculty of the University of Cebu

Maritime Education and Training Center

Cebu City, Philippines

In Partial Fulfillment the Requirements

for the Subject Research 101

By
D/C Franco, Emerito Jr.
D/C Quijano, Kent Ivan V.
D/C Soronio, Renan P.
D/C Kiskisan, Alem Q.
D/C Rosales, Rodel A.
D/C Abalo, Zerkie C.

October 2019
 ii

APPROVAL SHEET

This research entitled, “Personal Lifestyle of Retired Seafarers”. Prepared

and submitted by D/C EmeritoJr. Franco, D/C Kent Ivan V. Quijano, D/C
Renan P. Soronio, D/C Alem Q. Kiskisan, D/C Rodel A. Rosales, and D/C
Zerkie C. Abalo of the College of Maritime Transportation Department –
University of Cebu Maritime Education and Training Center is hereby
accepted and recommended for Oral Examination.

PANEL OF EXAMINERS

VALENTINO C. TAGOD Jr., MAEd

Chairman

RICIO M. SALIBAY, MAST ROGENE GABRIEL P. VILLA, MAEd

Member Member

NELIA D. ESTOLATAN-LAMA, MALL

Adviser

OIC-NW VICENTE A. KISEO IRIS QUIRIT HESLOP, MST

Program Research Coordinator Program Research Coordinator
Maritime Transportation General Education
UC- METC UC- METC

CAPT.ARNEL N. MALAGA
Campus Academic Director/ Maritime Superintendent

Date: September 05, 2019

 iii

Acknowledgment

We the researchers of the study would like to express our gratitude to

those individuals who unselfishly gave their consolation and backing to

make along these lines ponder a reality.

To the Lord, our God who is always there to aid us regarding our

stress levels and gave us good health in accomplishing this task in hand.

The research instructor, Nelia D.Estulatan. Lama, MALL who has

been broadening her complete support, for uninhibitedly giving her time,

and sharing her thoughts and proposals focus to accomplish this

examination;

The Beloved parents and relatives, for bearing with us in all our needs

and support, and also for the understanding to complete this study;

To the respondents who are honest enough in answering each of the

items in our questionnaire; and

Finally, to all whom researchers’ failed to mention, thank you so

much for the individual and collaborative help and support.

 iv

DEDICATION

Lifestyle is like the way of planting a plant it is up to the sower where he or

she wants to sow the plant, if the plant sowed in a good soil surely the sower

will benefit to its fruit, but if it is planted on a wrong type of soil then the

consequence will be to the sower.

(Franco 2019)

This study is dedicated to our beloved parents who become the foundation of

our success in this study.

To our dearest adviser who was always there to help us.

And above all, to our almighty God for giving us strength and wisdom to

make our study a successful one.

 v

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Content Page
Title Page i
Approval Sheet ii
Acknowledgment iii
Dedication iv
Table of Contents v
CHAPTER
1. THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE
INTRODUCTION
Rationale 1
Theoretical Background 3
THE PROBLEM
Statement of the Problem 18
Significance of the Study 19
THE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research Design 21
Research Environment 22
Research Respondents 22
Research Instruments 22
Research Procedure 23
Gathering of Data 23
Treatment of Data 23
 vi

DEFINITION OF TERMS 24
REFERENCES
A. Books 26
B. Journal 27
C. Website 29
APPENDICES
A. Transmittal Letter 32
A-1 Letter to the Dean 32
A-2 Letter to Respondents 33
B. Research Instruments 34
C. Location Map 36
CURRICULUM VITAE 37
 Chapter 1

THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE

INTRODUCTION

Rationale

Life is a great gift from God, which gives men a chance to experience

the beauty of living in this world. Not everyone is lucky to have a good

living some people have suffered in poverty while others secure themselves

into a successful or prosperous life. Every individual has the opportunity to

improve one's living depending on each determination. Lifestyle is an

important thing that every individual should consider because it is the basis

of man’s living. However, lifestyle varies in different types of the manner of

living depending on how a person behaves and acts accordingly.

In the Philippines, there are lots of shipping companies that give

opportunities to seafarers, and Cebu is one of the cities in the Philippines

that provide skilled seafarers in shipping companies, so it's expected that the

City of Cebu has many retired seafarers. This study will focus on the

lifestyle of retired seafarers in Cebu. This aims to draw out inspiration from

retired seafarers.

There is a standard of thumbs that says, "an individual should spending

plan a specific level of their salary towards retirement". There is a

 2

contending hypothesis that says that an individual should spending plan for

retirement depends on the way of life the person intends to appreciate, not

the salary that the individual as of now wins (Pant, 2019).Many seafarers fail

to manage their lifestyle because of poor knowledge about how to handle

themselves for good, most of these things are in financial and health aspects,

but as years past things become more worthy of attention. In spite of highly

lucrative job offers, adventurous working environment, and a “globetrotting”

lifestyle, most of these seafarers suddenly decide to quit their ship jobs by

accepting opportunities offshore Raunek, et al., (2019), this is because of

unsettled lifestyle.

Coping this problem is an essential thing to do so that the career of the

seafarers will be assured or secured, and, at the time of their retirement they

will have a stable lifestyle. The study will find out if there are changes in

lifestyle after retirement, said to be that, there might be some changes in

lifestyle often working on board.

 3

Theoretical Background

This study aims to determine the personal lifestyle of the retired

seafarers anchored on Continuity Theory of Robert Atchley and Role Theory

of Margaret Mead, Talcott Parsons, and Robert Merton.

Coherence Theory of Atchley (1993) gives a structure to see how

grown-ups utilize past ideas, builds, and encounters to adjust and acclimate

to the progressions achieved by typical maturing. The hypothesis expects

that moderately aged and more seasoned people endeavor to protect existing

inner and outer progression when settling on versatile decisions in one's

lives. As per Atchley, Continuity Theory has been utilized in understanding

change following retirement. This hypothesis underlined that it is the general

propensity of people to keep up consistency in life designs without

numerous disturbances. Thus, alterations are considered by the retiree in

retirement life as an approach to keep up and proceed with one's way of life

examples and connections.

The hypothesis recommends that individuals continue as before over

their lives in mental terms. On the off chance that an individual is dynamic

in middle age, all things considered, this degree of action will be held, on

condition that the relating condition of wellbeing makes this conceivable.

 4

Accordingly, the individuals who were dynamic during the pre-retirement

life will search for an open door even after retirement (Atchley, 2000).

Atchley noticed that individuals in their maturing procedure endeavor

to keep up outer and inward structures. The assets the retirees utilize in their

assignments are drawn from their life story and from the social world to

which they have a place. Changes are connected and exist to the view of the

past, yet the mental structures in the social conduct of individuals will, in

general, be kept up. Furthermore, Atchley (2002) comprehends the quest for

coherence as a versatile technique invigorated both by singular inclinations

and social input.

The reason for the Continuity hypothesis is based upon criticism

frameworks. More established people pursue interior systems, working from

long periods of input and experience, to settle on choices and keep up their

fulfillment. Grown-ups spot an incentive in these inward systems, or

patterns, to manage them effectively through life. A specific degree of

congruity rises as they age and people over and again depend on these

mappings. Be that as it may, the Continuity hypothesis doesn't infer an

absolute absence of progress. This accepts a specific measure of progress

that will happen, especially in more seasoned people who experience life-

changing encounters (Cooper and Beehr, 2015). Or maybe, even though the
 5

Continuity hypothesis stresses steadiness, it contends for a powerful

procedure and ought not to be viewed as fundamentally unrelated to change.

Coherence suggests that specific examples or tenacious topics will show up

crosswise over time, however, those slight changes are normal.

The majority of retirees are interested to finish undefined activities

from before retirement. Atchley remarked that there is an inside weight

towards congruity since a necessity for sufficiency is said to be determinedly

secured in the individual (Wang, 2007).

As underscored by Wahl and Heyl (2004), that the hypothesis doesn't

propose the unchanging nature or homogeneity between moderately aged

and older individuals, but instead intelligibility and consistency in

individuals' structures and conduct.

Right now, this is one of the most valuable hypothetical develops for

clarifying the change from work to retirement. This hypothesis ends an

actual existence course viewpoint in which the retirement procedure is

molded by history, culture, and social builds. This is viewed as dynamic and

transformative formative procedures wherein people develop, adjust, and

change; be that as it may, these progressions are reliable with the

individual's fundamental belief system and past encounters.

 6

Role Theory, related to an actual existence course point of view, gives

one of the most normally utilized clarifications of acclimations to retirement.

Be that as it may, the role hypothesis fits a few life-course-related

definitions. From the role improvement point of view, people who resign

from their occupations are powerless against the sentiment of role

misfortune, which can prompt mental misery. This vantage point proposes

that business is key to one's character: loss of basically significant work job

and the natural loss of going with retirement produce a related decrease in

confidence and an expansion in burdensome manifestations. On the other

hand, retirement from the requests of one's essential vocation employment

might be a significant life-course role.

As indicated by Role Theory, retirement is a modification of one's

vital job more often than not as a paid specialist, a job that is fundamental to

an individual's character (Kim and Moen, 2001). The job gives individuals a

feeling of worth and accomplishment and helps shape conduct and self-idea.

Further, the job hypothesis proposes that retirement can be a distressing

occasion for people because of the loss of crucial social jobs. Figuring out

how to manage job misfortune may make people feel a feeling of

defenselessness. For example, some resigned people may encounter

sentiments of separate and uneasiness that may prompt low degrees of life
 7

fulfillment during retirement. This job is lost, and, normally, individuals will

look for substitutes for this misfortune. (Bogaard, et al., 2012).

This theory considers retirement as an occasion throughout the life

expectancy of an individual and is affected by one's close to home history,

statistic highlights, wellbeing, monetary status, aptitudes and capacities

(Moen and Kim, 2002), just as the manners in which individuals used to

achieve the change.

The family has an incredible job in the progress of a resigned

individual about maturing and improvement change of one's character. The

job of the retirees mirrors the convergence of social and authentic elements

with individual life story and improvement inside which the investigation of

family life and social change can follow.

Interestingly, as expressed by Bengston and Allen (1993), the job

hypothesis explains the significance of time, setting, procedure, and

importance on human improvement and family life. The family is seen as a

miniaturized scale social gathering inside the large scale social setting.

The idea of a family originates from an ideological need or need to

duplicate, to create a network, or at any rate from the way of life which

manages what a "family" signifies to them, especially. Job hypothesis,

however, depends on the crossing point of these social variables of impact

 8

with the recorded factor of traveling through time, combined against self-

awareness as an individual and the extraordinary occasions that caused that

development.

Life fulfillment of resigned sailors relies upon the degree of everyday

costs paying little mind to the instructive foundation or length of ocean life.

Third, the degree of resigned life costs of shore-based, advanced education

foundation or short ocean life sailors is higher than the ocean-based, lower

instruction foundation or long ocean life sailors. Forward, the way of life of

resigned sailors is remaining at home paying little heed to their desires

during the profession time frame. At long last, extraordinary sailors'

government managed savings are required and instruction to the ex-sailors

will enable re-to to enter for ocean life (Kim, 2011).

The Lifestyle of an individual may shift as indicated by the impact

made by peers, associates, companions, and family. A Life change can be

unsurprising or flighty, how one proceeds with life and how an individual

lives after retirement. As expressed by Henkenset.et al., (2012), retirement is

an occasion in life that frequently realizes extraordinary changes in an

individual's close to home and public activity. Retirement is a brilliant time

in a worker's life when the representative can stop working and accomplish
 9

every one of those things that they generally dream to do however never

done because of the absence of time (Saeed and Sarwar, 2016).

Each individual has the opportunity to fabricate their social escort,

which may incorporate family, companions, experts, coaches, and other

significant people throughout their life. The communication between these

connections might be overwhelmingly or solely up close and personal or

individual and online because of modernization. Economic wellbeing might

be improved as an individual decreases its consideration, these may allude to

retirees finishing their activity. (Scudellari, 2016), dynamic public activity

has been appeared to lessen an individual's danger of death by at any rate of

50 percent. The great social way of life and strong connections are basic to

each individual particularly to physical wellbeing since it drags out life.

Little (1970), social disengagement is proportional to the impacts of getting

no activity. It is outstanding that being socially associated advances an

individual's generally and mental wellbeing. It is said to be that retirees are

progressively touchy in their physicality due to maturing; sun presentation is

connected to skin malignant growth. This is the most widely recognized kind

of malignant growth in the United States. It is ideal to restrain the time spent

in the sun (Staff, 2017).

 10

Because of mental, natural or social changes identified with maturing

and expanded predominance of grimness, the more seasoned individual is at

a more danger of creating medical issues as an outcome of unreasonable

liquor utilization (Zins.et al., 2011). Physical action, diet, body structure,

liquor admission, smoking, and social relations were the primary segments

of a way of life researched. The examinations show that these components

impact the view of the personal satisfaction of the old. Retirement is related

to a few between related changes and openings which can have a positive or

negative effect on physical action conduct. The impact of these components

doesn't have all the earmarks of being static and may change after some

time. Various transitional stages might be experienced in the wake of

leaving work and each stage may differentially affect physical action

conduct (McDonald.et al., 2015).

Notwithstanding these components, socio-statistic attributes, useful

limit, rest quality, and co morbidities are likewise factors that impact the

personal satisfaction of the old (Ferreira, 2018).

The possibility that smoking quiets one's nerves and diminishes

uneasiness overruns a culture. Be that as it may, it might not be right.

Similarly, that drinking liquor (a depressant) builds sentiments of

discouragement; smoking cigarettes may expand the sentiment of

 11

nervousness (Grogan, 2014). The outcomes additionally uncovered that

individuals who resigned automatically would in general drink more liquor

than non-resigned representatives, while the individuals who quit working

intentionally didn't change the sum they drank. (Nierenberg, 2013), the

investigation took a gander at how retirement influenced four-way of life

changes-smoking, drinking, eating and working out (Nierenberg, 2013). The

discoveries demonstrated that retirement is related to both positive and

negative changes in way of life. Be that as it may, to comprehend its

wellbeing sway, it's critical to concentrate on the individual circumstance

and setting of every retiree, Zantinge said (Nierenberg, 2013).

The personal lifestyle of a retired person may include economic

planning, health condition, social engagement and personal stability (Aron &

Aron, 2000).

Social financial aspects research offers another viewpoint on the

inspirations hidden the retirement choice and may help produce

methodologies for defeating some intellectual and enthusiastic components

that can lead people to settle on imperfect retirement choices. In this manner,

it is critical that, notwithstanding the money related and wellbeing parts of

the retirement choice, policymakers and those in the situation to manage the
 12

decisions of future retirees comprehend the conceivable conduct and mental

highlights of the retirement choice (Knoll, 2011).

An individual way of life thinks about the person's mentalities,

lifestyle, values or potentially world view. The retirement time frame is

acclimation to one's character so with the status of the family living. Many

changes would come and need some alteration. As indicated by Bogaard, et

al., (2011), the impacts of retirement on Social Activities and Relationships

with Friends and Family, results demonstrated that following the retirement,

individuals don't expand the number of contacts with youngsters, guardians,

and companions. In any case, they do seem to change the idea of certain

connections by giving progressively instrumental help. Besides, retirees

appear to begin investing more energy volunteering after retirement and

increment authoritative participation. Albeit older individuals speak to an

especially helpless gathering, their drawbacks are related to social as

opposed to characteristic causes (Drożdżak and Turek, 2016). One of the

most helpful senior social exercises is strolling with companions. In addition

to the fact that you get the opportunity to visit with other individuals your

age, however, you additionally can fortify your body and improve your

psychological frame of mind (Altura, 2017).

 13

Social connectedness is an immense supporter of positive wellbeing.

Filling that hole in an individual's public activity after they leave work just

because is vital. In an investigation directed by Alvarenga, et al., (2009), on

The Impact of Retirement on the Quality of Life of the Elderly expressed

that the adjustment in conditions, discharging of schedules and accessibility

of nourishment are factors that show up firmly identified with the

adjustments in dietary patterns and body weight. Consequently, retirement is

a period set apart by changes in social, passionate and dietary parts of life for

the old, with either positive or negative impacts. Another survey investigated

how individuals change their way of life propensities when they quit

working and found that the individual circumstance of the retiree

extraordinarily impacts whether somebody turns out to be pretty much sound

(Nierenberg, 2013).

As indicated by Haslam, et al., (2018), on their investigation on The

Importance of Social Groups for Retirement Adjustment: Evidence,

Application and Policy Implications of the Social Identity Model of Identity

Change this proposes the acclimation to retirement is upgraded to the degree

that retirees can get to numerous significant gathering enrollments and the

mental assets they give, keep up positive and esteemed existing gatherings

and create important new gatherings furnishing they are good with each
 14

other. (Moon, 2009), the privilege of the individual is to take an interest in a

profoundly social action that includes socially made dialects and the

utilization of network assets.

Distinguish four key exercises that address the significance of

overseeing social gathering assets successfully during the change to

retirement from the workforce. These recommend that acclimation to

retirement is improved to the degree that retirees: Can get to various

significant gathering enrollments and the mental assets they give, keep up

positive and esteemed existing gatherings, and create important new

gatherings, giving they are good each other. This hypothesis and exact proof

are utilized to present another social mediation, bunches four well beings

that interprets SIMIC'S exercises into training Haslam, et al., (2018). Social

exercises keep us sharp and rationally connected with, and this is essential to

anticipate the beginning of dementia or Alzheimer's infection (Silver

Maples, 2017). They have to discover approaches to keep up or structure

new social associations with abstaining from getting to be confined

(Brandon, 2017).

In the investigation led by Wang, et.al., on Finding Meaning During

the Retirement Process: Identity Development in Later Career Years that

retirement is a recursive procedure of aims, activities, and results, through

 15

which new practices sum up contribution in new jobs, and new sub-

characters related with retirement (Hall, 2002). Factors in the individual

(self-examinations and mutable profession direction) and social elements

(formative systems and reference gatherings) impact the character and

objective setting process, making the individual both the specialist and the

objective of the change procedure that is retirement. In this manner, the need

to act naturally tied down during retirement enables individuals to discover

individual significance in manners that progression outside of their past

working lives. Retirement arranging incorporates recognizing wellsprings of

salary, evaluating costs Kagan (2019).

People consider and plan for retirement. They use money related

arranging administrations (Elder, 1999). The greater part of some inquiry is

something identified with budgetary arranging, which is a result of getting

ready for retirement which is one of the serious issues of retirees. Probably

the greatest changes in your spending will happen when you initially resign.

You'll never again have an unfaltering check from your boss except if you

get benefits. You'll require an arrangement for dealing with your pay during

retirement, and you'll have to choose when to begin asserting Social Security

benefits (Fontinelle, 2019). Indeed, even as the marine business gives

extraordinary compared to other remuneration for its laborers, the greater

 16

part or above 50 percent of Filipino sailors don't carry on with a decent or

agreeable life or even wound up broke after retirement in light of the

absence of vocation arranging (Depasupil, 2018).

Since retirees live more, there is more enthusiasm for the nature of

retirement life. Previously, most readiness for retirement transformed into

monetary arranging. The accentuation on budgetary arranging is mostly

because numerous retirement introductions and workshops are given by

monetary establishments (Osborne, 2012).

Resource distribution includes partitioning a speculation portfolio

among various resource classes, for example, stock, bonds, and money

(Beginners' Guide to Asset Allocation, Diversification, and Rebalancing,

2018). It has never been simpler to oversee cash, on account of the

developing number of individual planning applications for cell phones that

put the everyday funds in the palm of one's hand Kenton (2019). Monetary

education likewise includes the capability of budgetary standards and ideas,

for example, budgetary arranging, accumulated dividends, overseeing

obligation, productive investment funds systems and the time estimation of

cash (Kenton, 2019).

Resigning seafarers have just tasted easy street and earned well. So

what they need upon retirement is the learning that would give them the
 17

instrument on the best way to maintain a business with a decent return of

venture (Depasupil, 2018).

The absence of money related education may prompt settling on poor

budgetary decisions that can have negative results on the monetary

prosperity of an individual (Kenton 2019).

Money related proficiency assists people with getting to be

independent so they can accomplish budgetary solidness (Kenton 2019).

Families not just need to spare a great deal for a long time, however, they

likewise need to deal with their possessions carefully to develop enough

resources to guarantee an agreeable retirement, particularly to take into

consideration end-of-life care (Baily and Harris, 2018).

Sadly, numerous family units of retirement age, even those with no

annuity salary, have exceptionally low degrees of budgetary resources and

are subsequently dependent on Social Security and are constrained to work

past the age at which they planned to resign (Baily and Harris, 2018).
 18

THE PROBLEM

Statement of the problem

This study aims to determine the personal lifestyle of retired seafarers

from Cebu.

Specifically, this study aims to answer the following questions:

1. What is the lifestyle of retired seafarers in terms of:

1.1 economic planning;

1.2 health condition;

1.3 social engagement; and

1.4 personal stability?

2. What recommendations can be suggested?

 19

Significance of the Study

The result of the study will benefit the following:

Maritime Students

As a result of this study display, the students will have their vision on

how to manage their wealth in the future. These studies will also help the

students to be motivated to their chosen career and to have an inspiration to

push them to pursue their goals.

Parents

The result of this study will give awareness to parents and can be a

great support to encourage their children to finish their studies to obtain their

desired career for the future, also to provide them some information on how

to guide their children to be knowledgeable enough to manage their wealth

wisely.

Maritime Teachers

As a maritime education instructor, the study will help the teacher on

how to inspire the students by being a great model of their chosen career. To

give students the idea of what they can gain from this course and what to

avoid when they work onboard in the future.

 20

Maritime Administrator

This study will greatly benefit the maritime administrator for this

provides ideas that help them to develop programs or seminars to maritime

students.

Future Researchers

This may also serve as a basis for future researchers.

 21

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research Design

The study uses a descriptive survey method. This describes the

lifestyle of retired seafarers in Cebu.

Below is the research flow of the study: Recommendations

INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

The lifestyle of Descriptive Recommendations
retired seafarers in Survey

terms of: Data Gathering

Economic planning Data Interpretation,
Analysis,
Health condition
Conclusion and
Social engagement Recommendation

Personal stability
Figure 1

Figure 1
Research Flow
 22

Research Environment

The study will be conducted in Cebu City Philippines. Cebu is one of

the places in the Philippines that have the highest number of a mariner and

maritime education, training centers, maritime agencies, and also companies

that involve training for seafarers such as company shipping lines. It is

expected that the community of Cebu City has many retired seafarers that

work onboard and opted to settle for good.

Research Respondents

The study will use a purposive sampling technique. The retired

seafarers from Cebu are the respondents of the study, these are those

seafarers who work onboard and have retired from working ashore. The

respondents are those who may have continuously worked or have their own

business. A quota of one hundred fifty (150) respondents. The researchers

use a snowball method to select and achieve the desired number of retired

seafarers or respondents.

Research Instruments

The researchers will use a researcher-made questionnaire to gather

data with regards to the Personal lifestyle of retired seafarers. Questions

have been selected according to the level in which the respondents will be

tested. The survey questionnaire contains questions about the personal

 23

lifestyle of retired seafarers which divided into four categories namely

economic planning, health condition, social engagement, personal stability.

The respondents must check the column if their answer is strongly agreed,

agree, undecided, disagree, and strongly disagree. Pilot testing will be

conducted to validate the instrument.

Research Procedure

Gathering of Data

The researcher will send a letter of request to validate the researcher-

made questionnaire to an expert. Next, a letter containing a request to

conduct the study in Cebu City to the maritime transportation Dean and

Adviser to ask permission to conduct a study. Upon approval of the letters,

the researchers will now conduct the study and the distribution of

questionnaires will follow. The answer of the respondents will be gathered

and tallied.

A follow-up interview to cross-check the data will be conducted.

Treatment of Data

Data to be gathered in this study is to be treated and validated using

the following methods:

Frequency Counts, Percentage, Weighted Mean will be used to

determine the lifestyle of Filipino retired seafarers.

 24

DEFINITION OF TERMS

Listed below are terms that are taken from the thesis in which the

researchers believe that it should be defined. This is to help the readers of

this study understand the contents well.

Economic Planning

This refers to allocate resources properly. Operationally, it is how the

seafarers manage their wealth after retirement.

Health Condition

This refers to the physical condition of the human body. Operationally

it is the wellness or physical fitness of the seafarers after retirement.

Social Engagement

A way of mingling to other people. Operationally, it refers to the

social behavior of the seafarers after retirement.

Personal Stability

It is a lifestyle characterized by appropriate and well-thought-out

decisions, consistent behavior and moderate mood swings? Operationally, it

is the changes in the personality of seafarers after retirement.

Personal Lifestyle

This refers to the lifestyle of the seafarers in social, economic, health

and in personality, which emphasizes their way of living after retirement.

 25

Retired Seafarers

This refers to the seafarers who are the respondents of the study and

who already stopped working onboard.

 26

REFERENCES

Books

Aron, A. & Aron, E. (2000). Self-expansion motivation and including other

s in the self. Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Atchley, R. C. (1993). Continuity theory and the evolution of activity in later

life. In J.

Atchley, R. C. (2000). Retirement As A Major Role In Later Life.

Bengtson, V. L., and Allen, K. R. (1993). "The Life Course Perspective App
lied to Families Over Time." In Sourcebook of Family
Theories and Methods: A Contextual Approach. New
York: Plenum.

Cooper, A. D., &Beehr, T. A. (2015). Retirement and Continuity theory, En

cyclopedia of Geropsychology, 1-8.

Hall, D. T. (2002). Careers in and out of organizations (Vol. 107). Thousand

Oaks, CA: SAGE.

Kim, J., & Moen, P. (2001). Is retirement good or bad for subjective well-
being? Current Directions in Psychological Science,
10(3), 83-86.

Moen, P. &Kim, L., (2002). Examining Lives in Context: Perspectives on

the Ecology of Human Development. Washington, DC:
American Psychological Association.

Pant, P., VapeHabitat, D., Lars, Dina, Adcock, S., Jeff, Beckitt, H. (2019).
Mini-Retirements, Semi-Retirement, Early Retirement -
What's the Most Awesome Lifestyle.
 27

Journals

Alvarenga LN, Kiyan L, Bitencourt B, WanderleyKda S. (2009). The

impact of retirement on the quality of life of the
elderly. 43(4),796-802.

Bogaard, L. V., Henkens, K., &Kalmijn, M. (2011). So Now What? Effects

of Retirement on Social Activities and Relationships
with Friends and Family.
Bogaard, L. V., Henkens, K., &Kalmijn, M. (2012). So Now What? Effects
of Retirement on Social Activities and Relationships
with Friends and Family. SSRN Electronic Journal.

Drożdżak, Z., &Turek, K. (2016). Retirement and perceived social

inferiority strongly link with health inequalities in older
age: decomposition of a concentration index of poor
health based on Polish cross-sectional data. International
Journal for Equity in Health, 15(1).

Elder, H. (1999). Does retirement planning affect the level of retirement

satisfaction? Financial Services Review, 8(2), 117–127.
Ferreira, L. K., Meireles, J. F. F., & Ferreira, M. E. C. (2018). Evaluation of
lifestyle and quality of life in the elderly: a literature
review. RevistaBrasileiraDeGeriatriaeGerontologia, 21
(5), 616–627.
Fontinelle, A. (2019, October 5). Budgeting for the 4 Phases of Retirement.
Retrievedfromhttps://www.investopedia.com/articles/p
ersonal-finance/110315/4-phases-retirement-and-how-
budget-them.asp.
Haslam, C., Steffens, N. K., Branscombe, N. R., Haslam, S. A., Cruwys, T.,
Lam, B. Yang, J. (2018). The importance of social
groups for retirement adjustment: Evidence, application,
and policy implications of the social identity model of
identity change. Social issues and policy review.

Issue Information-Toc. (2018). Insight, 21(3), 1-6.

 28

Kim, Y.-M. (2011). A Study on the Life Recognition of Retired

Seafarers. Journal of Korean Navigation and Port
Research, 35(1), 39–44.

Mcdonald, S., O’Brien, N., White, M., &Sniehotta, F. F. (2015). Changes in

physical activity during the retirement transition: a
theory-based, qualitative interview study. International
Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical
Activity, 12(1), 25.
Saeed, S., &Sarwar, A. (2016). Perception of social and financial issues
of life after retirement: A case study of the academic
staff of public sector universities in Lahore
Pakistan. Cogent Business Management, 3(1).
Wang, L., Hall, D. T., & Waters, L. (2014). Finding Meaning During the Ret
irement Process. Oxford Handbooks Online.

Wang M. (2007). Profiling retirees in the retirement transition and adjustme

nt process: Examining the longitudinal change patterns
of retirees' psychological well-being. Journal of Applied
Psychology, 92, 455–474.
Zins, M., Guéguen, A., Kivimaki, M., Singh-Manoux, A., Leclerc,
A., Vahtera, J., … Goldberg, M. (2011). Effect of
Retirement on Alcohol Consumption: Longitudinal
Evidence from the French GazelCohort Study. PLoS
ONE, 6(10).doi:10.1371/journal.pone.002653
 29

Website

Altura. (2017). Best Social Activities for Seniors - Altura Learning.

Retrieved from https://www.alturalearning.com/blog/5-
best-social-activities-for-seniors/.
Baily, M. N., & Harris, B. H. (2018, June 26). The retirement revolution:
Regulatory reform to enable behavioral change.
Retrieved from https://www.brookings.edu/research/t
he-retirement-revolution-regulatory-reform-to-enable-b
ehavioral-change/.
Beginners' Guide to Asset Allocation, Diversification, and Rebalancing,
2018 Retrieved from https://www.investor.gov /sites
investorNov/files/2019-02/Beginners-Guide-to-Asset-
Allocation.pdf

Brandon, E. (2017). 7 Tips to Maintain Social Connections in Retirement.

Retrieved from https://money.usnews.com/money/retire
ment/aging/articles/2017-05-22/7-tips-to-maintain-soc
ial-connections-in-retirement.
Depasupil, W. (2018, June 18). 'The majority of retired seafarers end up
broke'.Retrieved from https://www.manilatimes.net/ma
jority-of-retired-seafarers-end-up-broke/409720/.
Grogan, J. (2014). What's the Value of Smoking? Retrieved from
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/encountering
-america/20404/whats-the-value-smoking

Kagan, J. (2019, July 31). Retirement Planning. Retrieved from https://www.

investopedia.com/terms/r/retirement-planning.asp

Kenton, W. (2019, March 12). Financial Literacy. Retrieved from

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/financial-literacy.a
sp.

Kenton, W. (2019, July 3). Personal Finance. Retrieved from

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/personalfinance
.asp
 30

Knoll, M. A. Z. (2011, November 1). Social Security Administration.

Retrieved from https://www.ssa.gov/policy/doc s/SSB/v7
1n4/v71n4p15.html.
"Life Course Theory." International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family...
Retrieved July 10, 2019, from Encyclopedia.com: Http
s://www.encyclopedia.com/reference/encyclopedias- alm
anacs-transcripts-and-maps/life-course-theory

Little, D. (1970, January 01). What is "understanding social life"? Retrieved

fromhttps://understandingsociety.blogspot.com/2007/12/
what-is-undersan ding-society.html

Moon, R. (2009). The Social Character of Freedom of Expression. Retrieved

fromhttp://amsterdamlawforum.org/article/view/106/190

Nierenberg, C. (2013). How Retirement Affects Your Health. Retrieved

2013, from https://www.livescience.com/40976-how-
retirement-affects-your-health.html.

Osborne, J. W. (2012). Psychological Effects of the Transition to ... - ERIC.

Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ96955.
pdf.
Raunek, Kantharia, R. R., Kantharia, R., D'Silva, A., Anish, Deepanshu,
Shree. (2019, September 19). 12 Main Reasons Seafarers
Quit Sea Jobs. Retrieved from https://www.marinein
sight.com/life-at-sea/12-main-reasons-seafarers-quit-sea-
jobs/.
Scudellari, M. (2016, January 26). The study says that social life is a healthy
life - The Boston Globe.Retrieved from https://www.b
ostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2016/01/26/study-social-life-
healthy-life/Sw2UgzDPB 23bh z90r4LNJO/story.html

Staff, F. E. (2017, March 27). What You Can Do to Maintain Your Health.
Retrievedfromhttps://familydoctor.org/what-you-can-do-
to-maintain-y-health/
Silvermaples. (2017). 3 Simple Ways Seniors Can Boost Their Mental
Health ... Retrieved from https://silvermaples.org/3-
simple-ways-seniors-can-boost-their-mental-health/.
 31

WAHL, Hans-Werner; HEYL, Vera. Gerontologie: Einführung und Geschic

hte. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2004. Retrived from
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=scinlinks&pid=S2
175-623 6201500010005300 032&lng=en
 32

APPENDIX A-1
Transmittal Letter to the Dean of Maritime Education

Date:

Capt. Gerry Enjambre

Dean if Maritime Education
University of Cebu - METC
Alumnos, Mambaling, Cebu City

Engr. Allan Navarro, MAST

General Education Department Coordinator
University of Cebu - METC

Dear Sir.
Greetings!

The undersigned is the team captain who is enrolled in Research 101

(Methods of Research) and currently working on the research proposal
entitled “lifestyle of retired seafarers and their family in Cebu”.

In line with this, I would like to ask for your approval in allowing the team
to conduct a survey and to disseminate our research survey tool to our
respondents who are the retired seafarer and their family in Cebu.

I am hoping for a positive response.

Respectfully yours,

D/C Emerito P. Franco Jr.

Lead Researcher

Noted by:

Nelia D. Estolatan-Lama, MALL

Research 101 Instructor

Approved by:
Capt. Gerry Enjambre Engr. Allan R. Navarro
Dean of Maritime Education General Education Department Coordinator
 33

APPENDIX A-2
Transmittal Letter to the Respondents

University of Cebu – Maritime Education and Training Center

Alumnos, Mambaling, Cebu City 6000

Date:

Dear Participants,

Greetings!

On behalf of my team, I humbly ask for your permission to conduct our

study entitled "lifestyle of retired seafarers and their family in Cebu" where
you are chosen to answer our researcher-made questionnaire. Your honest
response to the questions will help us validate our too land to finish our
study.

Your cooperation and understanding are very important as it helps us with

our studies. Our research would not be realized without your help. I am
giving an assurance that your answer will keep confidential.

I do appreciate the time and effort you spare for this study. Thank you
so much and God bless!

Sincerely,

D/C Emerito P. Franco Jr.

Group Leader

Noted by:

Nelia D. Estolatan - Lama, MALL

Research 101 Instructor
 34

APPENDIX B
Research Instrument
Instruction:
Please check the lifestyle that you do after retirement. Check the option that
best describes you.

Personal Lifestyle of Retired Seafarers

SA- Strongly Agree

A – Agree
UD – Undecided
D – Disagree
SD – Strongly Disagree

Economic Planning SA A UD D SD
1. I change my environment by residing from city to
province.
2. I estimate my expenses.
3. I utilize financial planning service.
4. I allocate my assets or resources properly.
5. I use personal budgeting apps such as; smart money
And Gcash.

Health Condition
1. I get more exercise.
2 I change my eating habits
(Focus more on nutritional aspect)
3. I limit my time exposing in the sun to avoid skin
decease.
4. I avoid smoking.
5. I stop drinking alcohol.

Social Engagement
1. I provide more instrumental support.
2. I spend more time volunteering.
3. I increase my organizational membership.
4. I access multiple groups’ membership.
5. I interact face to face with others.
 35

6. I interact online due to modernization.

7. I participate in social activities.
8. I develop meaningful new groups for friendships.

Personal Stability
1. I ‘am capable of controlling myself.
2. I find personal meaning in a way outside my
Previous working life.
3. I maintain to be positive.
4. I feel a loss of my role.

Follow-up questions:

1. Is there a significant change between your lifestyle when you were

still working on board and now?

Can you enumerate/ discuss this with us, please?

 36

APPENDIX C

Location Map
 37

CURRICULUM VITAE

EMERITO P. FRANCO JR.

Brgy. Bugtong Calbayog, City Samar
+639556103980
Emeritofranco777@gmail.com

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Address: Brgy. Bugtong Calbayog, City Samar

Age: 21

Sex: Male

Civil Status: Single

Nationality: Filipino

Date of Birth: August 6, 1998

Place of Birth: Barangay Bugtong

Religion: Born Again

Parents: Emerito A. Franco Sr.

Adelaida P. Franco
 38

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

College Level: University of Cebu-METC

: Alumnos, Mambaling Cebu City

: SY: 2018- Present

Secondary Level: Malaga National High School

: Barangay Malaga

: SY: 2012-2016

Elementary Level: Bugtong Elementary School

: Barangay Bugtong

: SY: 2005-2012
 39

KENT IVAN V. QUIJANO

Tuyan City of Naga, Cebu
+639953590810
quijanokentivan@gmail.com

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Address: Tuyan City of Naga, Cebu

Age: 19

Sex: Male

Civil Status: Single

Nationality: Filipino

Date of Birth: September 05, 1999

Place of Birth: Doyungco Maternity

Religion: Roman Catholic

Parents: Joel G. Quijano

Marichu V. Quijano
 40

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

College Level: University of Cebu-METC

: Alumnos, Mambaling Cebu City

: SY: 2018- Present

Secondary Level: Siena School of Naga

: East Poblacion City of Naga

: SY: 2012-2016

Elementary Level: Central Elementary School

: Central Poblacion City of Naga

: SY: 2005-2012
 41

RENAN P. SORONIO
Ermita Proper Cebu City
+639430567067
renankeesh@gmail.com

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Address: Ermita Proper Cebu City

Age: 20

Sex: Male

Civil Status: Single

Nationality: Filipino

Date of Birth: December 20, 1998

Place of Birth: Metro Manila

Religion: Roman Catholic

Parents: Resituto L. Soronio

Josephine P. Soronio
 42

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

College Level: University of Cebu-METC

: Alumnos, Mambaling Cebu City

: SY: 2018- Present

Secondary Level: Gothong Memorial National High School

: Candido Padilla St, Cebu City, Cebu

: SY: 2012-2016

Elementary Level: Pasil Elementary School

: L. Flores St., Pasil, Cebu City

: SY: 2005-2012
 43

ALEM Q. KISKISAN
Amores Katipunan st. Labangon Cebu City
+639091562036
Alemkiskisan14@gmail.com

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Address: Amores Katipunan st.Labangon Cebu City

Age: 19

Sex: Male

Civil Status: Single

Nationality: Filipino

Date of Birth: March 14, 2000

Place of Birth: BugtongPio V. Corpus Masbate

Religion: Roman Catholic

Parents: Simplico P. Kiskisan

Alicia Q. Kiskisan
 44

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

College Level: University of Cebu-METC

: Alumnos, Mambaling Cebu City

: SY: 2018- Present

Secondary Level: Masbate Southeastern Institute

: Pio V. Corpus Masbate

: SY: 2012-2016

Elementary Level: Semion Delapeña Elementary School

: Bugtong Pio V. Corpus Masbate

: SY: 2005-2012
 45

RODEL A. ROSALES
West Poblacion City of Naga Cebu
+639655037802
Rodel42@yahoo.com

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Address: West Poblacion City of Naga Cebu

Age: 22

Sex: Male

Civil Status: Single

Nationality: Filipino

Date of Birth: June 12, 1997

Place of Birth: Upper GutalacZamboanga Del Norte

Religion: Roman Catholic

Parents: Rogelio B. Rosales

Jesua A. Rosales
 46

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

College Level: University of Cebu-METC

: Alumnos, Mambaling Cebu City

: SY: 2018- Present

Secondary Level: Ipil Heights Nation High School

: Ipil Zamboanga sibugay

: SY: 2012-2016

Elementary Level: Bagong Nayon 1 Elementary School

: Antipolo City

: SY: 2005-2012
 47

ZERKIE C. ABALO
Poblacion Ward II Minglanilla, Cebu
+639078054943
zerkieabalo331@gmail.com

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Address: Poblacion Ward II Minglanilla, Cebu

Age: 20

Sex: Male

Civil Status: Single

Nationality: Filipino

Date of Birth: April 21, 1999

Place of Birth: Simbajon Medical Clinic, Talisay City, Cebu

Religion: Roman Catholic

Parents: Arnulfo D. Abalo

Mary Jane C. Abalo

 48

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

College Level: University of Cebu-METC

: Alumnos, Mambaling Cebu City

: SY: 2018- Present

Secondary Level: University of the VisayasMinglanilla Campus

: Minglanilla, Cebu

: SY: 2012-2016

Elementary Level: Minglanilla Central School

: Ward 1, Minglanilla Cebu

: SY: 2005-2012