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dc.contributor.authorBonsdorff, Mikaela von
dc.contributor.authorKuh, Diana
dc.contributor.authorBonsdorff, Monika von
dc.contributor.authorCooper, Rachel
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-09T05:33:22Z
dc.date.available2017-03-31T21:45:06Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationBonsdorff, M. V., Kuh, D., Bonsdorff, M. V., & Cooper, R. (2016). Mid-career work patterns and physical and mental functioning at age 60–64 : evidence from the 1946 British birth cohort. <i>European Journal of Public Health</i>, <i>26</i>(3), 486-491. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckw040" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckw040</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_25700839
dc.identifier.otherTUTKAID_70001
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/50214
dc.description.abstractBackground: Previous studies of the associations between unemployment and health have primarily focused on mental health and long-term associations have not often been explored. This study investigated if discontinuous employment in mid-career was related to self-reported physical and mental functioning at age 60–64 years. Methods: Data come from the Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development, a British cohort that has been followed-up since birth in 1946. A total of 2061 study members had data available on mid-career employment patterns and physical and mental functioning assessed using the Short Form 36 questionnaire at age 60–64. Employment patterns in mid-career were categorized into: (i) continuous employment; and discontinuous employment during; (ii) early period (ages 36–43); (iii) late period (ages 43-53); and 4) both periods. Results: Continuous employment was reported by 63.3% of men and 38.7% of women, while 8.7% of men and 23.4% of women reported being in discontinuous employment during both early and late mid-career. When compared with those in continuous employment those in discontinuous employment during both early and late mid-career had poorer physical functioning, men adjusted β (difference in mean physical functioning T score) −3.84, 95% CI − 6.06 to − 1.63, P = 0.001 and women −3.62, 95% CI − 5.17 to − 2.08, P < 0.001. Findings were parallel but weaker for those in discontinuous employment during late mid-career. Discontinuous employment during both periods and particularly during late mid-career was associated with poorer mental functioning in early old age. Conclusions: Discontinuous employment during mid-career was associated with poorer self-reported physical and mental functioning around the age of retirement.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherOxford University Press; European Public Health Association
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEuropean Journal of Public Health
dc.subject.othermid-career
dc.subject.otherwork patterns
dc.titleMid-career work patterns and physical and mental functioning at age 60–64 : evidence from the 1946 British birth cohort
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201606062921
dc.contributor.laitosTerveystieteiden laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Health Sciencesen
dc.contributor.oppiaineGerontologia ja kansanterveysfi
dc.contributor.oppiaineGerontologian tutkimuskeskusfi
dc.contributor.oppiaineHyvinvoinnin tutkimuksen yhteisöfi
dc.contributor.oppiaineGerontology and Public Healthen
dc.contributor.oppiaineGerontology Research Centeren
dc.contributor.oppiaineSchool of Wellbeingen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.date.updated2016-06-06T11:09:38Z
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.format.pagerange486-491
dc.relation.issn1101-1262
dc.relation.numberinseries3
dc.relation.volume26
dc.type.versionacceptedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© The Authors 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. Published in this repository with the kind permission of the publisher.
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dc.subject.ysotyöura
dc.subject.ysofyysinen toimintakyky
dc.subject.ysopsyykkinen toimintakyky
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p20671
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p27172
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p18210
dc.relation.doi10.1093/eurpub/ckw040
dc.type.okmA1


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