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Table 2

Key elements of study participants

Informant number/age	Country of residence	Marital status/family situation	Working history	Career concept	RQ1: type of entrepreneurship at an older or older old age	RQ2: reasons for entrepreneurship at an older or older old age
1/66	Finland	Married, 3 children, 5 grand- children	Teaching/translating/B&B, entrepreneur	Parallel	B&B, solo entrepreneur	Social relations
2/72	Germany	Married, 1 child	Antique retailer/entrepreneur, teaching/freelancer	Explorative	Translating, teaching, freelancer	Life-long learning (maintaining skills, mental activity)
3/70	Germany	Divorced, 3 children, 3 grand-children	Office work/employee, translating/teaching, freelancer	Parallel	Teaching, translating, freelancer	Economic (pin money), self-realization (interesting work), lifestyle entrepreneur
4/69	Finland	Married, 5 children, 5 grand-children	B&B, translating, entrepreneur	Parallel	Translating, teaching, solo entrepreneur	Maintaining skills
5/67	Germany	Divorced, 2 children, 2 grand- children	Tax-counselor, freelancer/entrepreneur	Explorative	Tax counseling, freelancer, solo entrepreneur	Economic (basic needs), social relations (meeting colleagues and customers)
6/62	Finland	Single, no children	Translator, freelancer	Expert	Translator, freelancer	Self-realization (mental activity)
7/62	Germany	Married, no children	Tourism/travel consulting/translating, entrepreneur	Expert	Tourism/travel consulting, translating, solo entrepreneur	Maintaining skills
8/66	Sweden	Married, 1 child	Teaching/translating, entrepreneur	Parallel	Teaching//translating, solo entrepreneur	Self-realization and lifelong learning (maintaining skills, learning new skills, mental activity)
9/66	Germany	Married, 1 child	Office work/employee, translating/freelancer	Parallel	Translating, freelancer	Self-realization and lifelong learning (interesting work, mental activity)
10/67	Finland	Married, 2 children, 2 grand-children	Translating/freelancer	Expert	Translating, solo-entrepreneur	Self-realization and lifelong learning (interesting work, mental activity, challenges), social relations (meeting colleagues), lifestyle entrepreneur

Informant number/age	Country of residence	Marital status/family situation	Working history	Career concept	RQ1: type of entrepreneurship at an older or older old age	RQ2: reasons for entrepreneurship at an older or older old age
1/66	Finland	Married, 3 children, 5 grand- children	Teaching/translating/B&B, entrepreneur	Parallel	B&B, solo entrepreneur	Social relations
2/72	Germany	Married, 1 child	Antique retailer/entrepreneur, teaching/freelancer	Explorative	Translating, teaching, freelancer	Life-long learning (maintaining skills, mental activity)
3/70	Germany	Divorced, 3 children, 3 grand-children	Office work/employee, translating/teaching, freelancer	Parallel	Teaching, translating, freelancer	Economic (pin money), self-realization (interesting work), lifestyle entrepreneur
4/69	Finland	Married, 5 children, 5 grand-children	B&B, translating, entrepreneur	Parallel	Translating, teaching, solo entrepreneur	Maintaining skills
5/67	Germany	Divorced, 2 children, 2 grand- children	Tax-counselor, freelancer/entrepreneur	Explorative	Tax counseling, freelancer, solo entrepreneur	Economic (basic needs), social relations (meeting colleagues and customers)
6/62	Finland	Single, no children	Translator, freelancer	Expert	Translator, freelancer	Self-realization (mental activity)
7/62	Germany	Married, no children	Tourism/travel consulting/translating, entrepreneur	Expert	Tourism/travel consulting, translating, solo entrepreneur	Maintaining skills
8/66	Sweden	Married, 1 child	Teaching/translating, entrepreneur	Parallel	Teaching//translating, solo entrepreneur	Self-realization and lifelong learning (maintaining skills, learning new skills, mental activity)
9/66	Germany	Married, 1 child	Office work/employee, translating/freelancer	Parallel	Translating, freelancer	Self-realization and lifelong learning (interesting work, mental activity)
10/67	Finland	Married, 2 children, 2 grand-children	Translating/freelancer	Expert	Translating, solo-entrepreneur	Self-realization and lifelong learning (interesting work, mental activity, challenges), social relations (meeting colleagues), lifestyle entrepreneur