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The shifting sands of time
— results from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing on multiple transitions in later life | | Author(s) | Martin Hyde, Paul Higgs |
| Journal title | Ageing International, vol 29, no 4, Fall 2004 |
| Pages | pp 317-332 |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Health [elderly] ; Middle aged ; Transitional phase ; Longitudinal surveys ; England. |
| Annotation | The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) is the largest study of older people in England and contains data on the demographic, employment, housing and health characteristics of more than 11,00 people aged 50+. The authors use data from the first wave and baseline data from the Health Surveys for England (from which the ELSA sample is drawn), to look at transitions over five dimensions among the over 50s in England: transitions in labour market position, health status, marital status, household composition and residential location. Transitions in each of the dimensions were explored in the sample as a whole and then by sex and by cohort. Finally, the relations between the different transitions were explored. Results show that most of the sample experience change in at least one dimension and around a quarter in two dimensions. There were few differences between the sexes, although women were more likely to experience a change in labour market position. There were differences between age groups. Those in the older groups were less likely to experience transitions, apart from health status. Overall, the data confirm that later life is a dynamic portion of the life course. These findings raise issues about our ability to describe later life adequately. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050715202 A |
| Classmark | BG: CC: SE: 4MT: 3J: 82 |
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