What can the life course approach contribute to an understanding of longevity risk?

Blane, David; Akinwale, Bola; Landy, Rebecca; Matthews, Katherine; Wahrendorf, Morten; Wahl, Hans‐Werner; Hayward, Mark D.; Liefbroer, Aart C.; Mishra, Gita D.; Ferreira, Isabel; Koupil, Ilona

doi:10.14301/llcs.v7i2.343

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“…There is increasing interest in understanding the impact of life course conditions on later outcomes, for example of work and employment on health in older ages (Kuh et al 2003 ; Dannefer 2003 ; Vanhoutte and Nazroo 2015 ; Blane et al 2016 ). The interest, hereby, is not only to know whether a person once worked in a job under specific conditions during their working life, but also to collect data on complete employment histories.…”

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Agreement of Self-Reported and Administrative Data on Employment Histories in a German Cohort Study: A Sequence Analysis

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Collecting life course data is increasingly common in social and epidemiological research, either through record linkage of administrative data or by collecting retrospective interview data. This paper uses data on employment histories collected through both strategies, compares the attained samples, and investigates levels of agreements of individual histories. We use data from the German Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study with information on employment histories collected retrospectively from 2011 until 2014 (N = 3059). Administrative data from the German Institute for Employment Research (IAB) were linked to the survey data. After comparing respondents who provide self-reported histories with the subsample of the ones for which administrative data were available, we investigate the agreement of individual employment histories from the two sources (between 1975 and 2010) using sequence analyses. Almost all participants provided survey data on employment histories (97% of the sample), linkage consent was given by 93%, and administrative data were available for 63% of the participants. People with survey data were more likely to be female, to have a higher education, and to work selfemployed and in the tertiary sector. histories is high and similar across time, with a median level of agreement of 89%.Slightly lower values exist for women and people working in the tertiary sector, both having more complex histories. No differences exist for health-related factors.In conclusion, it is likely that missing consent and failed record linkage lead to sample differences; yet, both strategies provide comparable and reliable life course data.

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“…The demonstrated importance of limiting longstanding illness is a useful reminder that the life course is both a social and biological phenomenon (Blane et al, 2016). Furthermore, the importance of limiting longstanding illness also has policy relevance.…”

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Labour force transitions and changes in quality of life at age 50–55 years: evidence from a birth cohort study

Watts,

Bartley,

Blane

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Ageing and Society

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In the context of an ageing population and longer working lives, the impact of increasing rates of early exit from the labour force on quality of life is a particularly current concern. However, relatively little is known about the impact on quality of life of later-life labour force transitions and various forms of early exit from the labour force, compared to remaining in employment. This paper examines lifecourse labour force trajectories and transitions in relation to change in quality of life prior to the State Pension Age. Lifecourse data on early life circumstances, labour force trajectories and labour force transitions from 3,894 women and 3,528 men in the National Child Development Study (1958 British Birth Cohort) were examined in relation to change in quality of life, measured by a short-form version of CASP, between the ages of 50 and 55. Women and men differed in the types of labour force transition associated with positive change in quality of life, with men more frequent beneficiaries. For both men and women, labour force exit due to being sick or disabled was associated with a negative change in quality of life, whereas joining the labour force was associated with a positive change in quality of life. Moving into retirement was associated with a positive change in men's quality of life, but not women's. Moving from full-time to part-time employment was associated with a positive change in women's quality of life but not men's. The findings that stand out for their policy relevance are: the threat to the quality of life of both women and men from early labour force exit due to limiting longstanding illness; and women are less likely to experience beneficial labour force exit in the later years of their working life, but are more likely to benefit from a reduction in working hours.

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Two Pathways Between Occupation and Health

Bartley¹,

Blane

2023

Handbook Series in Occupational Health Sciences

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What can the life course approach contribute to an understanding of longevity risk?

Abstract: KeywordsLongevity risk, positive health, social and biological plausibility, life course trajectories, social history context COMMENT AND DEBATE 166

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References 90 publications

Agreement of Self-Reported and Administrative Data on Employment Histories in a German Cohort Study: A Sequence Analysis

Agreement of Self-Reported and Administrative Data on Employment Histories in a German Cohort Study: A Sequence Analysis

Labour force transitions and changes in quality of life at age 50–55 years: evidence from a birth cohort study

Two Pathways Between Occupation and Health

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