Early-Life Socioeconomic Circumstances and Physical Activity in Older Age: Women Pay the Price.

ABSTRACT: Health in older age is shaped by early-life socioeconomic circumstances (SECs) and sex. However, whether and why these factors interact is unclear. We examined a cultural explanation of this interaction by distinguishing cultural and material aspects of SECs in the context of physical activity-a major determinant of health. We used data from 56,331 adults between 50 and 96 years old from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), a 13-year, large-scale, population-based cohort. Confounder-adjusted logistic linear mixed-effects models showed an association between the cultural aspects of early-life SEC disadvantage and physical activity among women, but it was not consistently observed in men. Furthermore, these associations were compensated for only partially by adult-l

SUBMITTER: Chalabaev A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9096459 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature