Health and Socio-Economic Status over the Life Course : First Results from SHARE Waves 6 And 7.
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin/München/Boston :
Walter de Gruyter GmbH,
2019.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- 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.