The associations of physical incapacity and wealth with remaining in paid employment after age 60 in five middle-income and high-income countries.

ABSTRACT: Previous studies on health and socioeconomic determinants of later-life labour force participation have mainly come from high-income European countries and the United States of America (USA). Findings vary between studies due to different measures of socioeconomic status and labour force outcomes. This study investigated longitudinal associations of physical incapacity and wealth with remaining in paid employment after age 60 in middle- and high-income countries. Using harmonised cohort data in the USA, England, Japan, Mexico and China (N=32,132), multilevel logistic regression was applied for main associations. The age-related probabilities of remaining in paid employment by physical incapacity and wealth were estimated using marginal effects. This study found that physical incapacity pre

SUBMITTER: Lu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10881199 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature