scholarly journals Work–family life course patterns and work participation in later life

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mai Stafford ◽  
Rebecca Lacey ◽  
Emily Murray ◽  
Ewan Carr ◽  
Maria Fleischmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Work Participation ◽  
Work Family

The Family Life Course and Health: Partnership, Fertility Histories, and Later-Life Physical Health Trajectories in Australia

Demography ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 777-804 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin O’Flaherty ◽  
Janeen Baxter ◽  
Michele Haynes ◽  
Gavin Turrell
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Health Trajectories ◽  
Health Partnership ◽  
The Family

Gender and the Work-Family Interface: Exploring Differences Across the Family Life Course

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (10) ◽  
pp. 1363-1390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Martinengo ◽  
Jenet I. Jacob ◽  
E. Jeffrey Hill
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Family Life ◽  
The Family ◽  
Work Family

scholarly journals Interdependencies in Mothers’ and Daughters’ Work-Family Life Course Trajectories: Similar but Different?

Demography ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergi Vidal ◽  
Philipp M. Lersch ◽  
Marita Jacob ◽  
Karsten Hank
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Mothers And Daughters ◽  
Work Family

scholarly journals PATHWAYS TO A GOOD LIFE? MULTIPLE SOCIAL ROLES IN ADULTHOOD AND MENTAL WELL-BEING IN LATER LIFE IN EUROPE

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S916-S916
Author(s):  
Christian Deindl ◽  
Miriam Engels
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Role Strain ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Life Course Perspective ◽  
Indirect Impact ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The connection between employment, family life and health is well documented. Job demands and family obligations are divergent responsibilities and can be a constant source of conflict. The resulting role strain can have a long lasting impact on mental health. Using data from SHARE and ELSA, we take a life course perspective and look at patterns of employment history from the age of 25 to 40 combined with partnership and fertility history of 17,189 men and 23,266 women in 22 European countries. Sequence analysis combined with cluster analysis shows a clear picture of five dominant states in our sample: Stable work and family, stable work without family, working single parent, working childless couples, and being non employed. This pattern is similar for men and women. We use path models to distinguish the impact of childhood conditions on such life course patterns and the direct and indirect impact of employment and family life on mental health. Women who did not combine work and family roles, (work without family, family without work) reported higher levels of depression in comparison with women who combined work and family. Non-working women and single mothers also experienced indirect effects on depression through their economic situation. Unemployed men or men without family reported higher levels of depression. Unemployment and being a single father also have an indirect impact on depression via economic conditions and health. Moreover, such results also differ between countries, with lower employment rates reducing role strain for women, but not so for men.

scholarly journals Economic and Social Influences on Later-Life Well-Being: New Evidence From the NLSY79

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 584-585
Author(s):  
Deborah Carr ◽  
Stephanie Burge
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
College Education ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Socioeconomic Differences ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Life Course

Abstract The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) provides unprecedented opportunities for understanding how work, family, and socioeconomic characteristics over a 40-year period shape the well-being of older adults. The large sample enables explorations of race, gender, and socioeconomic differences in these processes. The five papers in this symposium exploit the rich life course data of NLSY79 to understand two key outcomes: health, and work/economic arrangements as adults approach their retirement years. Harrati and Heburn document the impacts of unemployment trajectories on physical and mental health, highlighting gender differences in these processes. Wolfe investigates the long-term health consequences of significant economic setbacks over the life course (shocks), taking into account those risk factors (selection) that render one vulnerable to such shocks. Jang and Tang document the negative impacts of informal caregiving on later-life physical health, yet their subgroup analyses detect positive impacts for African-Americans. Aughinbaugh delineates women’s time spent in caregiving over the life course, and discusses the implications for later-life economic well-being of both early life childcare and later-life coresidential caregiving. Walsemann, Fisk and Ailshire examine the role that parents and grandparents play in paying for their offspring’s college education, with careful attention to gender and socioeconomic differences in these patterns. Taken together, these papers underscore the importance of adopting an intersectional approach to understanding later-life well-being, and reveal the complex ways that paid work, unpaid work (caregiving), and inter-transfers (via tuition payment) bear on the health and financial stability of adults transitioning into their retirement years.

scholarly journals ‘Living in parallel worlds’ – bereaved parents’ experience of family life when a parent with dependent children is at end of life from cancer: A qualitative study

2021 ◽  
pp. 026921632110017
Author(s):  
Cherith J Semple ◽  
Eilís McCaughan ◽  
Esther R Beck ◽  
Jeffrey R Hanna
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
Psychosocial Adjustment ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Support Service ◽  
Dependent Children ◽  
Bereaved Parents ◽  
Death Of A Parent

Background: When a parent of dependent children (<18 years old) is at end of life from cancer, this has a profound impact on the family. Children less prepared for the death of a parent are more susceptive to poorer psychosocial adjustment in later life. There is a lack of understanding from the literature surrounding what support parents require, and how they navigate this end of life experience. Aim: To explore bereaved parents’ experience and needs for families when a parent is at end of life from cancer with dependent children. Design: In-depth, semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 21 bereaved mothers and fathers, identified from the general public, a family support service and hospice. Data were analysed thematically. Results: Parents often live in ‘parallel worlds’ throughout the end of life period. In one world, ‘living in the moment’, cherishing the ordinariness of family life, remaining hopeful treatment will prolong life, whilst adapting as the illness unfolds. The other world presents as ‘intermitted glimpses that death is approaching’, shadowed with painful emotional concerns surrounding their children and the future. At the end, death rapidly approaches, characterised as suddenly ‘falling off the cliff’; placing significant demands on the well-parent. Conclusions: Amidst challenges, clinicians should provide parents with clear information surrounding a poor prognosis, so families can plan and prepare for parental death. There is a need for healthcare professionals to engage, encourage and equip parents, as they prepare their children throughout the end of life experience for the inevitable death of a parent.

scholarly journals Work-Family Life Courses and Psychological Distress: Evidence from Three British Birth Cohort Studies

2021 ◽  
pp. 100429
Author(s):  
Anne McMunn ◽  
Rebecca Lacey ◽  
Diana Worts ◽  
Diana Kuh ◽  
Peggy McDonough ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Cohort Studies ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Life Courses ◽  
Work Family

scholarly journals Work Participation among Women and Men in Sweden: A Register Study of 8.5 Million Individuals

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4642
Author(s):  
Katriina Heikkilä ◽  
Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz ◽  
Kristina Alexanderson ◽  
Marianna Virtanen
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Disability Pension ◽  
Negative Binomial ◽  
Work Participation ◽  
Observational Research ◽  
Paid Work ◽  
Minimal Impact ◽  
The Life Course

Observational research studies from various countries suggest that women’s working patterns across the life course are often fragmented compared to men’s. The aim of our investigation was to use nationwide register data from Sweden to examine the extent to which generation and time of entry to the work force explain the sex differences in work participation across the life course. Our analyses were based on individual-level data on 4,182,581 women and 4,279,571 men, who were 19–69 years old and resident in Sweden in 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, or 2015. Data on income and number of net days on disability pension, obtained from multiple linked registers, were used to ascertain each individual’s main activity (in paid work, on disability pension, and not in paid work) each year. Years in paid work and on disability pension were calculated as the sums of years spent in either of these states from age 19 to 69 years. We used negative binomial regression to model the associations of generation and baseline year with years in paid work and years on disability pension. All models were run separately for women and men, with the duration of follow-up constrained to one, to account for the different follow-up times between individuals. Overall, the number of years in paid work across the life course was larger among men than women, and men entered into the workforce earlier. The difference between women and men was similar across generations and time periods. Adjustment for education, income, number of children aged <18 years living at home, country of birth, and the type of residential area had minimal impact on the estimates. Our findings suggest that women spend fewer years in paid work across the life course than men, highlighting the need for continued efforts to close the gender gap in work participation.

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