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abstract: 'Background: Despite a reduction in income inequalities between men and
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women, there is still a large gap between income and retirement savings
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of Australian men and women. This is especially true for women who have
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health or disability problems. Mature age women are closest to
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retirement and, therefore, have less chance than younger women to build
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up enough retirement savings and may need to continue working to fund
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their older age. Continued workforce participation may be particularly
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difficult for women who are less healthy. Understanding which health
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problems lead to a decrease in workforce participation among mature age
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women is crucial. Therefore, this longitudinal study sought to identify
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which health problems are associated with employment among midage women
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over time.
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Methods: Data were analyzed from the midage cohort of the Australian
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Longitudinal Study on Women''s Health (ALSWH), which involved 14,200
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midage women (aged 45-50 years in 1996). The women have been surveyed
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four additional times, in 1998, 2001, 2004, and 2007. Generalized
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estimating equations (GEE) were used to conduct nested multivariate
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longitudinal analyses.
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Results: The percentages of women who were employed in the years 2001,
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2004, and 2007 were 77\%, 72\%, and 68\%, respectively. Results were
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adjusted for sociodemographic variables. Being employed decreased as
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physical and mental health deteriorated and with self-reported
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conditions: diabetes, high blood pressure, depression, anxiety, and
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other psychiatric conditions. Back pain, arthritis, cancer, obesity, and
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being a current smoker are associated with employment but not when
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quality of life is added to the model.
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Conclusions: There were significant associations between health and
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employment. Understanding these relationships could inform policies and
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guidelines for preventing declines in employment in mature age women.'
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affiliation: 'Pit, SW (Corresponding Author), Univ Sydney, Univ Ctr Rural Hlth, No
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Rivers Sch Publ Hlth, 61 Uralba St,POB 3074, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia.
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Pit, Sabrina W., Univ Sydney, Univ Ctr Rural Hlth, No Rivers Sch Publ Hlth, Lismore,
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NSW 2480, Australia.
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Byles, Julie, Univ Newcastle, Res Ctr Gender Hlth \& Ageing, Callaghan, NSW 2308,
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Australia.'
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author: Pit, Sabrina W. and Byles, Julie
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author-email: sabrina.pit@sydney.edu.au
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author_list:
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- family: Pit
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given: Sabrina W.
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- family: Byles
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given: Julie
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1089/jwh.2011.2872
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files: []
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issn: 1540-9996
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journal: JOURNAL OF WOMENS HEALTH
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keywords-plus: 'LABOR-FORCE PARTICIPATION; RETIREMENT; AUSTRALIA; TRANSITIONS; OBESITY;
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ADULTS; IMPACT; AGE'
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language: English
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month: MAR
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number: '3'
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number-of-cited-references: '31'
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orcid-numbers: 'Byles, Julie E/0000-0002-3984-6877
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Achilova, Diyora/0000-0002-7645-9497'
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pages: 273-280
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papis_id: 778afd2fe8c2d37ffa97a5ca5c6d2df3
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ref: Pit2012associationhealth
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researcherid-numbers: 'Byles, Julie/IQS-6756-2023
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Byles, Julie E/C-5062-2008
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times-cited: '18'
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title: 'The Association of Health and Employment in Mature Women: A Longitudinal Study'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000301292700004
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '13'
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volume: '21'
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web-of-science-categories: 'Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health; Medicine,
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General \&
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Internal; Obstetrics \& Gynecology; Women''s Studies'
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year: '2012'
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