Late Life Employment Histories and Their Association With Work and Family Formation During Adulthood: A Sequence Analysis Based on ELSA.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To extend research on workforce participation beyond age 50 by describing entire employment histories in later life and testing their links to prior life course conditions.

Methods

We use data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, with retrospective information on employment histories between age 50 and 70 for 1,103 men and 1,195 women (n = 2,298). We apply sequence analysis and group respondents into eight clusters with similar histories. Using multinomial regressions, we then test their links to labor market participation, partnership, and parenthood histories during early (age 20-34) and mid-adulthood (age 35-49).

Results

Three clusters include histories dominated by full-time employees but with varying age of retirement (before, at, and after a

SUBMITTER: Wahrendorf M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6146763 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature