Employment trajectories and health: cohort differences in English and French women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Policy and social change have increased women's participation in the labour market and their opportunity to combine paid work with family care. We analyse whether a specific combination of employment and domestic duties over the life course are associated with variations in English and French women's health, focusing on two birth cohorts.

Methods

We used sequence analysis to group women in English Longitudinal Study of Ageing and Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, according to their work and family histories. Using ordered logistic regression, we tested for group differences in later self-reported health and depressive symptoms, while controlling for a range of adult socio-economic circumstances.

Results

The findings confirm important differ

SUBMITTER: Zella S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8579276 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature