Life-course, ageing and generations in Norway:the NorLAG study

Slagsvold, Britt; Veenstra, Marijke; Daatland, Svein Olav; Hägestad, Gunhild O.; Hansen, Thomas; Herlofson, Katharina; Koløen, Kristine; Solem, Per Erik

doi:10.5324/nje.v22i2.1554

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“…NorLAG comprises representative data of Norwegians aged 40-80 (at w1). Data were collected in 2002-2003 (w1) and 2007-2008 (w2) by means of a combination of phone interview, postal questionnaire, and registry information (Slagsvold et al 2012). The w1 response rate was 67% (n = 5559), of which 72% (n = 3796) took part at w2 (combined response rate 48%).…”

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Dynamics of Volunteering and Life Satisfaction in Midlife and Old Age: Findings from 12 European Countries

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A growing literature shows that doing voluntary work not only helps the wider community but can also improve one's own well-being. To date, however, few studies have examined the relationship between volunteering and well-being in non-US and especially in comparative data. We study this relationship using two waves of data of 18,559 individuals aged 50 and above from 12 European countries. We analyze life satisfaction impacts of change and stability in volunteering status and in the intensity (frequency) of volunteering, and explore whether these impacts differ according to life stage (age, employment status) and across countries with different norms and supports for voluntarism. Findings show that net life satisfaction is higher among longer-term, recent, and former volunteers than among stable (long-term) non-volunteers. There are no significant life satisfaction differences between the three groups with volunteer experience. Equally, similar levels of life satisfaction are observed among people who have increased and decreased their frequency of volunteering. It thus seems to be the experience and not the dynamics (i.e., change or persistence) of volunteering that is associated with well-being. Findings further suggest life course variation in the association between volunteering and well-being, as the relationship is stronger for older and long-term non-employed (mostly retired) individuals than for their middle-aged and working counterparts. The relationship is also stronger in countries where volunteering is less common and less institutionally supported.

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“…Individual and spousal characteristics and household factors were selected a priori and included spousal work exit, gender, both spouses' age, their age difference, education, and educational differences, household income, and number of children (all from registry data) as well as individual' reports of satisfaction with work, means of living, marital quality and housework task sharing, importance placed on family, general happiness with life, recent changes in work ability and enjoyment, work-related factors such as the importance placed on work, the type, intensity and flexibility of the work, whether the position was fixed or temporary as well as general health status and spouse's health or care needs (all from interview, see Table 4 in Slagsvold et al (2012) for details). Age, year, and spouses' work exits were included as time-dependent covariates.…”

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Do Spouses Coordinate Their Work Exits? A Combined Survey and Register Analysis From Norway

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Research on spouses' joint work exits is scarce, although household factors such as spouses' work status, marital quality, and caregiving burdens are likely to affect seniors' work engagement. We therefore examine whether the work exit probability of one spouse affects that of the other. Discretetime hazard regression analyses of survey data linked to later registry information including all gainfully employed married respondents aged 50-74 with a working spouse (N ¼ 1,764) were used to assess subsequent work exits. A spouse's work exit is a strong predictor of a respondent's work exit (hazard ratio 3.1, 95% confidence interval [2.5, 4.0]). Educational attainment, poor marital quality, and spouses' health and care needs do not predict work exits. Surprisingly, no gender differences are observed. Research on larger survey samples to distinguish different work exit routes and reasons for

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“…Still, measures of health from public registers are often extreme outcomes, such as mortality and acute hospital admissions, and hence unsuited for studying moderate health effects. In addition to records of mortality and acute hospital admissions from public registers, we therefore include a composite measure of self-assessed health from a representative sample of Norwegian older adults (The NorLAG Panel Survey (Slagsvold et al 2012)). This measure is the short form-12 (SF-12) health survey (Ware et al 1996).…”

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Health effects of retirement: evidence from survey and register data

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Lillebø

2019

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Using a local randomized experiment that arises from the statutory retirement age in Norway, we study the effect of retirement on health across gender and socioeconomic status. We apply data from administrative registers covering the entire population and from survey data of a random sample to investigate the effects of retirement on acute hospital admissions, mortality, and a composite physical health score. Our results show that retirement has a positive effect on physical health, especially for individuals with low socioeconomic status. We find no effects of retirement on acute hospitalizations or mortality in general. However, our results suggest that retirement leads to reduced likelihood of hospitalizations for individuals with low socioeconomic status. Finally, we show that the positive health effects are driven by reduced pain and reduced health limitations in conducting daily activities. Our findings highlight heterogeneity in the health effects across socioeconomic status and across subjective and objective measures of health.

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Life-course, ageing and generations in Norway:the NorLAG study

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Cited by 33 publications

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Dynamics of Volunteering and Life Satisfaction in Midlife and Old Age: Findings from 12 European Countries

Dynamics of Volunteering and Life Satisfaction in Midlife and Old Age: Findings from 12 European Countries

Do Spouses Coordinate Their Work Exits? A Combined Survey and Register Analysis From Norway

Health effects of retirement: evidence from survey and register data

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