Happiness and life expectancy by main occupational position among older workers: Who will live longer and happy?

ABSTRACT: Current concerns about aging populations are being translated into legislations to postpone the statutory age at retirement. However, if this is done without considering inequalities in longevity across occupational groups, some may face higher vulnerabilities than others. We examine differences in life expectancy and happiness by occupational position for the Spanish population aged 50 and over. We use happiness as a measure of subjective wellbeing, and compute life expectancy and happy life expectancy by sex and main occupation. Age-specific death rates are calculated using administrative data, and happiness prevalence comes from the European Social Survey. We show that both men and women in managerial positions were advantaged in terms of life expectancy, but only men record more years

SUBMITTER: Lozano M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7815996 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature