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| The health consequences of multiple roles at older ages in the UK | | Author(s) | K Glaser, M Evandrou, C Tomassini |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 13, no 5, September 2005 |
| Pages | pp 470-477 |
| Source | www.blackwellpublishing.com/hsc |
| Keywords | Middle aged ; Health [elderly] ; Employment ; Family care ; Social roles ; Longitudinal surveys. |
| Annotation | Increasing proportions of men and women are combining family (including caregiving) and work responsibilities in later life; but the relationship between role commitments and health in older age remains unclear. The authors apply logistic regression analysis to data from the Longitudinal Retirement Survey (1988-1989 and 1994), to investigate the relationship between multiple role occupancy: cross-sectionally in 1988-89 and health status in 1994; retrospectively over the respondent's lifetime up to 1988-89 and health outcomes in 1988-89; and retrospectively between 1988-89 and 1994, and health status in 1994. The health outcomes considered were: general health status; functional ability; and severity of disability. Overall, age does not a appear to be associated with poor health. While a positive association is reported between employment and health, there were mixed results concerning the association between care-giving and health. Where adverse health outcomes were found, the parental role, alone or in combination with other roles, was most frequently related to poor health. Thus, for a nationally representative sample of mid-life men and women, the combination of caregiving with other family and work roles appears to have few negative health consequences. This research is part of a project for the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Growing Older project (GO). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050825211 A |
| Classmark | SE: CC: WJ: P6:SJ: TM5: 3J |
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