Health and Socio-Economic Status over the Life Course : : First Results from SHARE Waves 6 And 7.

• Author: Börsch-Supan, Axel.
• TeilnehmendeR: Bristle, Johanna.; Andersen-Ranberg, Karen.; Brugiavini, Agar.; Jusot, Florence.; Litwin, Howard.; Weber, Guglielmo.
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin/München/Boston : : Walter de Gruyter GmbH,, 2019.; {copy}2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (402 pages)

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.