Health and socio-economic status over the life course (First results from SHARE Waves 6 and 7) ||

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? -- Provided by publisher Contents Editors Contributors 1. A spotlight on health and life courses in Europe using SHARE Waves 6 and 7 Part I. Personality and childhood 2. Personality, age and the well-being of older Europeans 3. Personality and physical health among older Europeans 4. Personality traits and financial behaviour 5. Relationships with parents in childhood and well-being in later life 6. Effects of adverse childhood experiences on mental well-being later in life Part II. Health inequalities — Education and income 7. Dynamic changes in determinants of inequalities in health in Europe with a focus on retirement 8. Persistence in inequalities of frailty at older age: A comparison of nine EU countries 9. How do early-life conditions shape health age profiles late in life? 10. Tracking and educational inequality in health in later life Part III. Labour market, occupation and retirement 11. Long-term effects of different labour careers 12. The economic situation of formerly self-employed workers 13. Patterns of labour market participation and their impact on the well-being of older women 14. End-of-working-life gender wage gap: The role of health shocks, parental education and personality traits 15. Family dissolution and labour supply decisions over the life cycle 16. Working conditions and health of older workers Part IV. Social transitions and economic crises 17. Health gap in post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe: A life-course perspective 18. What is hidden behind the ‘obvious’? SHARE data raise the curtain about health, early retirement and elderly care of ageing Bulgarians 19. The link to the past and the post-communist welfare state 20. The economic crisis, fiscal austerity and long-term care: Responses of the care mix in three adjustment countries 21. Financial and non-financial transfers from parents to adult children after the economic crisis Part V. Social context and health 22. Changes in social networks and cognitive decline 23. The role of social networks and disability in survival 24. Social embeddedness of care recipients and their spousal caregivers 25. The impact of living alone on physical and mental health: Does loneliness matter? 26. Living alone in Europe and health behaviours 27. Bereavement, loneliness and health Part VI. Healthcare and health behaviour 28. The social dynamics of unmet need, catastrophic healthcare expenses and satisfaction with health insurance coverage 29. Differences in healthcare use between immigrant and local older individuals 30. Life expectancy and health investments 31. Multiple chronic conditions in older people in European countries: A network analysis approach Part VII. Objective health 32. Changes in body mass and cognitive decline – disentangling a seeming paradox 33. The association between self-reported physical activity and physical performance: Does advancing age matter? 34. Grip strength across Europe –North/ South and East/West divides 35. End of life and palliative care in Europe: An exploration of SHARE data Part VIII. Dried blood spot samples 36. Dried blood spot samples and their validation 37. Influence of fieldwork conditions and sample quality on DBS values 38. Blood collection in the field – results and lessons from the polish test study 39. Identification of cytokine and lipoprotein markers for analyses in SHARE Wave 6 dried blood spots