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Transitions, choices and health in early old age
— analyses of longitudinal data | | Author(s) | David Blane, Bola Akinwale, Melanie Bartley |
| Corporate Author | New Dynamics of Ageing Programme - NDA; Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield |
| Publisher | New Dynamics of Ageing - NDA, Sheffield, 2013 |
| Pages | 4 pp (NDA Findings 23) |
| Source | NDA Research Programme, Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, Elmfield, Northumberland Road, Sheffield S10 2TU. www.newdynamics.group.shef.ac.uk |
| Keywords | Employment of older people ; Preparation [retirement] ; Retirement age ; Informal care ; Health [elderly] ; Longitudinal surveys ; Projects ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | The proportion in work at ages 60-64 years (the five years before men's State pension Age, SPA) fell to 48% in 2001, from 78% in 1971.This project examined the period immediately before SPA which, for individuals, is a time of important changes and choices. Of particular interest were labour force participation, informal caring and health, and whether these vary between countries with different welfare state regimes.The project had three research questions: 1: How have pre-SPA labour force participation and health changed during recent decades? 2: How does the pre-SPA combination of paid employment and informal caring relate to health in terms of health selection, health associations and health sequelae? 3: Does the wider social context affect the relationships in Question 1? Answers to these questions were sought through secondary analysis of large, representative longitudinal data sets: the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study (ONS-LS); the Finnish Longitudinal Study; and for Italy, the Turin Longitudinal Study. These findings comment on changes of over time: whereas mortality rate in the 5 years before SPA fell by two-thirds among men and a half among women since 1971, there was little change in caring responsibilities. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150522001 P |
| Classmark | GC: GA: G5A: P6: CC: 3J: 3E: 3A:6KC * |
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