Health and socio-economic status over the life course

book: Health and socio-economic status over the life course

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2019

Health and socio-economic status over the life course

First results from SHARE Waves 6 and 7

Edited by: Axel Börsch-Supan , Johanna Bristle , Karen Andersen-Ranberg , Agar Brugiavini , Florence Jusot , Howard Litwin and Guglielmo Weber

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110617245

Overview
Contents

About this book

Health in later life is shaped by behavior and policies over the life course and reflects the differences between the societies in which we are ageing. This multidisciplinary book answers questions from all life course phases and its interconnections from a European perspective based on the most recent SHARE data, such as: How is our health related to personality traits and influenced by our childhood conditions and careers? Which role does our social network play? Which impacts of the different health care and societal regimes can we trace at older ages? Which are the differences and similarities across European countries?

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Editors Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
1. A spotlight on health and life courses in Europe using SHARE Waves 6 and 7 Axel Börsch-Supan, Johanna Bristle, Karen Andersen-Ranberg, Agar Brugiavini, Florence Jusot, Howard Litwin and Guglielmo Weber Open Access Download PDF	1
Part I. Personality and childhood
2. Personality, age and the well-being of older Europeans Bracha Erlich and Howard Litwin Open Access Download PDF	35
3. Personality and physical health among older Europeans Jonathan Shemesh, Ella Schwartz and Howard Litwin Open Access Download PDF	43
4. Personality traits and financial behaviour Marco Bertoni, Andrea Bonfatti, Martina Celidoni, Angela Crema and Chiara Dal Bianco Open Access Download PDF	49
5. Relationships with parents in childhood and well-being in later life Noam Damri and Howard Litwin Open Access Download PDF	57
6. Effects of adverse childhood experiences on mental well-being later in life Raluca E. Buia, Matija Kovacic and Cristina E. Orso Open Access Download PDF	67
Part II. Health inequalities — Education and income
7. Dynamic changes in determinants of inequalities in health in Europe with a focus on retirement Jørgen T. Lauridsen, Terkel Christiansen and Astrid R. Vitved Open Access Download PDF	77
8. Persistence in inequalities of frailty at older age: A comparison of nine EU countries Louis Arnault, Florence Jusot, Nicolas Sirven, Marie-Anne Brieu, Didier Halimi and Françoise Forette Open Access Download PDF	85
9. How do early-life conditions shape health age profiles late in life? Michele Belloni, Danilo Cavapozzi, Chiara Dal Bianco, Yao Pan and Serena Trucchi Open Access Download PDF	91
10. Tracking and educational inequality in health in later life Fabian Kratz and Johanna Bristle Open Access Download PDF	99
Part III. Labour market, occupation and retirement
11. Long-term effects of different labour careers Yuri Pettinicchi and Axel Börsch-Supan Open Access Download PDF	109
12. The economic situation of formerly self-employed workers Yuri Pettinicchi and Axel Börsch-Supan Open Access Download PDF	119
13. Patterns of labour market participation and their impact on the well-being of older women Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak, Iga Magda and Paweł A. Strzelecki Open Access Download PDF	129
14. End-of-working-life gender wage gap: The role of health shocks, parental education and personality traits Marco Bertoni, Andrea Bonfatti, Martina Celidoni, Angela Crema and Chiara Dal Bianco Open Access Download PDF	141
15. Family dissolution and labour supply decisions over the life cycle Danilo Cavapozzi, Simona Fiore and Giacomo Pasini Open Access Download PDF	149
16. Working conditions and health of older workers Michele Belloni, Raluca Elena Buia, Matija Kovacic and Elena Meschi Open Access Download PDF	157
Part IV. Social transitions and economic crises
17. Health gap in post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe: A life-course perspective Anikó Bíró and Réka Branyiczki Open Access Download PDF	167
18. What is hidden behind the ‘obvious’? SHARE data raise the curtain about health, early retirement and elderly care of ageing Bulgarians Ekaterina Markova and Gabriela Yordanova Open Access Download PDF	179
19. The link to the past and the post-communist welfare state Loretti I. Dobrescu and Alin Marius Andrieș Open Access Download PDF	187
20. The economic crisis, fiscal austerity and long-term care: Responses of the care mix in three adjustment countries Antigone Lyberaki, Platon Tinios, George Papadoudis and Thomas Georgiadis Open Access Download PDF	197
21. Financial and non-financial transfers from parents to adult children after the economic crisis Ela Ostrovsky-Berman and Howard Litwin Open Access Download PDF	207
Part V. Social context and health
22. Changes in social networks and cognitive decline Ella Schwartz Open Access Download PDF	219
23. The role of social networks and disability in survival Liili Abuladze and Luule Sakkeus Open Access Download PDF	227
24. Social embeddedness of care recipients and their spousal caregivers Melanie Wagner and Ina Holdik Open Access Download PDF	235
25. The impact of living alone on physical and mental health: Does loneliness matter? Fátima Barbosa, Cláudia Cunha, Gina Voss and Alice Delerue Matos Open Access Download PDF	243
26. Living alone in Europe and health behaviours Stipica Mudražija, Šime Smolić and Ivan Čipin Open Access Download PDF	249
27. Bereavement, loneliness and health Yarine Fawaz and Pedro Mira Open Access Download PDF	259
Part VI. Healthcare and health behaviour
28. The social dynamics of unmet need, catastrophic healthcare expenses and satisfaction with health insurance coverage Hendrik Jürges and Luca Stella Open Access Download PDF	269
29. Differences in healthcare use between immigrant and local older individuals Simona Fiore, Matija Kovacic and Cristina E. Orso Open Access Download PDF	279
30. Life expectancy and health investments Marco Bertoni, Andrea Bonfatti, Martina Celidoni, Angela Crema and Chiara Dal Bianco Open Access Download PDF	289
31. Multiple chronic conditions in older people in European countries: A network analysis approach Andrej Srakar and Valentina Prevolnik Rupel Open Access Download PDF	297
Part VII. Objective health
32. Changes in body mass and cognitive decline – disentangling a seeming paradox Luzia M. Weiss, Judith Kronschnabl, Thorsten Kneip and Michael Bergmann Open Access Download PDF	311
33. The association between self-reported physical activity and physical performance: Does advancing age matter? Jens Elmelund Rise, Linda Juel Ahrenfeldt and Rune Lindahl-Jacobsen Open Access Download PDF	319
34. Grip strength across Europe –North/ South and East/West divides Pedro Pita Barros, Fernando Pimentel-Santos and David Dias Neto Open Access Download PDF	327
35. End of life and palliative care in Europe: An exploration of SHARE data Hendrik Jürges, Anne Laferrère and Adèle Lemoine Open Access Download PDF	337
Part VIII. Dried blood spot samples
36. Dried blood spot samples and their validation Axel Börsch-Supan, Martina Börsch-Supan and Luzia M. Weiss Open Access Download PDF	349
37. Influence of fieldwork conditions and sample quality on DBS values Luzia M. Weiss and Axel Börsch-Supan Open Access Download PDF	359
38. Blood collection in the field – results and lessons from the polish test study Luzia M. Weiss, Martina Börsch-Supan, Michal Myck, Katarzyna Nocoń, Monika Oczkowska, Roman Topór-Mądry, Karen Andersen-Ranberg and Axel Börsch-Supan Open Access Download PDF	367
39. Identification of cytokine and lipoprotein markers for analyses in SHARE Wave 6 dried blood spots Nis Borbye-Lorenzen and Martina Börsch-Supan Open Access Download PDF	375

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Policy-makers, Researchers
Pages
- Front matter: 17
- Main content: 383
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 138
- Tables: 33
Keywords: Health; Life course; Europe; Ageing societies

eBook

Published: June 4, 2019
ISBN: 9783110617245

Hardcover

Published: June 4, 2019
ISBN: 9783110617238