Intra-generational social mobility and mortality among older men in the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project: A cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We examined associations between intra-generational social mobility (reflected in life-course socioeconomic trajectories) and mortality, among older men.

Methods

Data came from a prospective Australian community-based cohort of older men. Social mobility was defined by socioeconomic indicators from three points in the life-course: educational attainment (late adolescence-early adulthood), occupation (mid-life), and current sources of income (older age). We defined indicators of social mobility trajectory (6 categories; reflecting the direction of social mobility) and social mobility status (2 categories; mobile or non-mobile). We used Cox regression to examine associations with mortality, adjusting for age, country of birth, and living arrangement.

Results

SUBMITTER: Tran MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10803938 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature