Can We Trust Older People’s Statements on Their Childhood Circumstances? Evidence from SHARELIFE

Havari, Enkelejda; Mazzonna, Fabrizio

doi:10.1007/s10680-014-9332-y

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“…First, SHARELIFE data are based on a retrospective survey and may be prone to recall and reporting bias. However, a recent article 50 suggests that respondents remember well their health status and living conditions in early life years. Second, our analysis is determined by data availability and therefore cannot fully explore other specific exposures and the causal pathways through which early life conditions impact on oral health in later life, such as poor oral health care in the adulthood or unfavorable oral hygiene and dietary patterns.…”

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Early Life Conditions, Adverse Life Events, and Chewing Ability at Middle and Later Adulthood

2014

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Objectives. We sought to determine the extent to which early life conditions and adverse life events impact chewing ability in middle and later adulthood. Methods. Secondary analyses were conducted based on data from waves 2 and 3 of the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), collected in the years 2006 to 2009 and encompassing information on current chewing ability and the life history of persons aged 50 years or older from 13 European countries. Logistic regression models were estimated with sequential inclusion of explanatory variables representing living conditions in childhood and adverse life events. Results. After controlling for current determinants of chewing ability at age 50 years or older, certain childhood and later life course socioeconomic, behavioral, and cognitive factors became evident as correlates of chewing ability at age 50 years or older. Specifically, childhood financial hardship was identified as an early life predictor of chewing ability at age 50 years or older (odds ratio = 1.58; 95% confidence interval = 1.22, 2.06). Conclusions. Findings suggest a potential enduring impact of early life conditions and adverse life events on oral health in middle and later adulthood and are relevant for public health decision-makers who design strategies for optimal oral health.

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Early Life Conditions, Adverse Life Events, and Chewing Ability at Middle and Later Adulthood

2014

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“…In addition, although the SHARELIFE survey was carefully planned and techniques to improve data quality, such as the life grid, were used (Schröder, 2011), the results may be affected by recall errors. However, a recent study by Havari and Mazzonna (2015) assesses the internal and external consistency of the SHARE data, offering empirical evidence about the importance of this issue. They conclude that respondents remember childhood health and living conditions fairly well.…”

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The effect of an early-career involuntary job loss on later life health in Europe

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Gebel

Nizalova

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Advances in Life Course Research

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Recent years have witnessed an increase in interest towards the long-term health consequences of early-career job loss and youth unemployment. Relying on detailed retrospective data from the third wave (2008/09) of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) this paper investigates whether an involuntary job loss in the first 10 years after labour market entry has lasting negative effects on health more than 30 years later. The results show that an early-career involuntary job loss due to a layoff or plant closure increases the probability of fair or poor self-rated health in late life by about 6 percentage points. Moreover, examining the mechanisms behind this relationship, the analysis reveals that the subsequent unemployment risks and employment instability only explain a small share of the total effect. In line with previous studies, these findings highlight the importance of early career experiences for workers' later life health.

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“…Father's education was then imputed based on the same variables in addition mother's education. Overall, there is evidence that retrospective assessments of childhood SES tend to be valid measures, and that even in older age, respondents tend to recall conditions with fairly good accuracy (Havari & Mazzonna, 2011;Krieger et al, 1998).…”

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Childhood and Later Life Stressors and Increased Inflammatory Gene Expression at Older ages

2016

The Gerontologist

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Adverse experiences in early life have the ability to "get under the skin" and affect future health. This study examined the relative influence of adversities during childhood and adulthood in accounting for individual differences in pro-inflammatory gene expression in late life. Using a pilot-sample from the Health and Retirement Study (N=114) aged from 51-95, OLS regression models were run to determine the association between a composite score from three proinflammatory gene expression levels (PTGS2, ILIB, and IL8) and 1) childhood trauma, 2) childhood SES, 3) childhood health, 4) adult traumas, and 5) low SES in adulthood. Our results showed that only childhood trauma was found to be associated with increased inflammatory transcription in late life. Furthermore, examination of interaction effects showed that childhood trauma exacerbated the influence of low SES in adulthood on elevated levels of inflammatory gene expression-signifying that having low SES in adulthood was most damaging for persons who had experienced traumatic events during their childhood. Overall our study suggests that traumas experienced during childhood may alter the stress response, leading to more sensitive reactivity throughout the lifespan. As a result, individuals who experienced greater adversity in early life may be at higher risk of late life health outcomes, particularly if adulthood adversity related to SES persists.

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Can We Trust Older People’s Statements on Their Childhood Circumstances? Evidence from SHARELIFE

Cited by 132 publications

References 37 publications

Early Life Conditions, Adverse Life Events, and Chewing Ability at Middle and Later Adulthood

Early Life Conditions, Adverse Life Events, and Chewing Ability at Middle and Later Adulthood

The effect of an early-career involuntary job loss on later life health in Europe

Childhood and Later Life Stressors and Increased Inflammatory Gene Expression at Older ages

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