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abstract: 'Background Previous research has highlighted the importance of
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accumulated life-course labour market status and the balancing of
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multiple roles for understanding inequalities in health in later life.
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This may be particularly important for women, who are increasingly
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required to balance work and family life in liberal welfare contexts,
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such as in Britain.
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Methods This study analyses retrospective life history data for 2160
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women aged 64+ years (born 1909-1943) from the English Longitudinal
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Study of Ageing, collected in 2006-2007 as part of an ongoing panel
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study. Optimal matching and cluster analyses are used to produce a
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taxonomy of women''s life-course economic activity trajectories based on
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their experiences between ages 16 and 64 years. This classification is
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then used in logistic regression analysis to investigate associations
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with self-rated health in later life.
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Results A set of five trajectories emerge as the dominant patterns of
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women''s economic activity over the life course for those cohorts of
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English women born prior to 1943: (1) full-time workers; (2) family
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carers; (3) full-time returners; (4) part-time returners; (5)
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atypical/inactive. Regression analyses show that women who experience
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defined periods of full-time work both before and after focusing on
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family life appear to have the most favourable later life health
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outcomes.
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Conclusions The findings are discussed with reference to the
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accumulation of social and economic resources over the life course and
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the balancing of multiple roles in work and family domains. In
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conclusion, the development of policies that facilitate women, if they
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wish, to successfully combine paid employment with family life could
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have a positive impact on their health in later life.'
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affiliation: 'Stone, J (Corresponding Author), Univ Southampton, Sch Social Sci, ESRC
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Ctr Populat Change, Room 2043,Bldg 58, Southampton S017 1BJ, Hants, England.
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Stone, Juliet; Evandrou, Maria; Falkingham, Jane; Vlachantoni, Athina, Univ Southampton,
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ESRC Ctr Populat Change, Southampton S017 1BJ, Hants, England.
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Evandrou, Maria; Vlachantoni, Athina, Univ Southampton, Ctr Res Ageing, Southampton
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S017 1BJ, Hants, England.'
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author: Stone, Juliet and Evandrou, Maria and Falkingham, Jane and Vlachantoni, Athina
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author-email: j.stone@soton.ac.uk
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author_list:
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- family: Stone
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given: Juliet
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- family: Evandrou
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given: Maria
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- family: Falkingham
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given: Jane
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- family: Vlachantoni
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given: Athina
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1136/jech-2014-204777
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eissn: 1470-2738
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files: []
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issn: 0143-005X
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journal: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH
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keywords-plus: 'ROLE ACCUMULATION; MULTIPLE ROLES; SOCIAL ROLES; FAMILY-LIFE; ROLE
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STRAIN; BRITISH; WORK; BRITAIN; PERSPECTIVE; EMPLOYMENT'
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language: English
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month: SEP
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number: '9'
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number-of-cited-references: '48'
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orcid-numbers: 'Falkingham, Jane/0000-0002-7135-5875
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Vlachantoni, Athina/0000-0003-1539-3057'
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pages: 873-879
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papis_id: 89eb936f39fb2127525bfd838b202426
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ref: Stone2015womenseconomic
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times-cited: '23'
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title: 'Women''s economic activity trajectories over the life course: implications
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for the self-rated health of women aged 64+in England'
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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:000359388800009
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '18'
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volume: '69'
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web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
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year: '2015'
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