Early-life conditions and health at older ages. The mediating role of educational attainment, family and employment trajectories.

Autor/inn/en	Arpino, Bruno; Gumà, Jordi; Julià, Albert
Titel	Early-life conditions and health at older ages. The mediating role of educational attainment, family and employment trajectories. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Frühe Lebensbedingungen und Gesundheit im höheren Lebensalter. Die moderierende Rolle von Bildungsabschluss, Familie und Berufsverläufen.
Quelle	In: PLOS ONE, 13 (2018) 4, Art. e0195320, 17 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1932-6203
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0195320
Schlagwörter	Sozialer Faktor; Sozialisationsbedingung; Familie; Partnerschaft; Bildungsabschluss; Gesundheitszustand; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Auswirkung; Alter Mensch; Europa
Abstract	"Objectives: We examine to what extent the effect of early-life conditions (health and socioeconomic status) on health in later life is mediated by educational attainment and life-course trajectories (fertility, partnership, employment).; Methods: Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (N = 12,034), we apply, separately by gender, multichannel sequence analysis and cluster analysis to obtain groups of similar family and employment histories. The KHB method is used to disentangle direct and indirect effects of early-life conditions on health.; Results: Early-life-conditions indirectly impact on health in later life as result of their influence on education and family and employment trajectories. For example, between 22% and 42% of the effect of low parental socio-economic status at childhood on the three considered health outcomes at older age is explained by educational attainment for women. Even higher percentages are found for men (35%-57%). On the contrary, the positive effect of poor health at childhood on poor health at older ages is not significantly mediated by education and life-course trajectories. Education captures most of the mediating effect of parental socio-economic status. More specifically, between 66% and 75% of the indirect effect of low parental socio-economic status at childhood on the three considered health outcomes at older age is explained by educational attainment for women. Again, higher percentages are found for men (86%-93%). Early-life conditions, especially socioeconomic status, influence family and employment trajectories indirectly through their impact on education. We also find a persistent direct impact of early-life conditions on health at older ages.; Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate that early-life experiences influence education and life-course trajectories and health in later life, suggesting that public investments in children are expected to produce long lasting effects on people's lives throughout the different phases of their life-course." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2018/4