Inequalities in time from stopping paid work to death

Findings from the ONS Longitudinal Study, 2001–2011

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ID11174331
AutoresEmily T Murray (0000-0001-6297-6920, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London (UCL), London, UK, autor de correspondencia), Ethan Carr (0000-0002-1146-4922, King's College London), Ewan Carr (Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London (UCL), London, UK), Paola Zaninotto (0000-0003-3036-0499, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London (UCL), London, UK), Josephine Head (0000-0002-6054-0872, University College London), Jenny Head (Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London (UCL), London, UK), Baowen Xue (0000-0003-0180-8776, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London (UCL), London, UK), Stephen Stansfeld (0000-0001-8716-3897, Department of Psychiatry, Barts and the London, Queen Marys School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK), Brian Beach (0000-0002-5917-2531, International Longevity Centre UK, London, UK), Nicola Shelton (0000-0002-4939-1036, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London (UCL), London, UK)
Año2019
Volumen73
Número12
Páginas1101-1107
Fecha de publicación2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0143-005X • E-ISSN: 1470-2738
EditorialBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/jech-2019-212487
PMID31611238
OpenAlexW2980838685
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas19

BACKGROUND: UK state pension eligibility ages are linked to average life expectancy, which ignores wide socioeconomic disparities in both healthy and overall life expectancy. OBJECTIVES: Investigate whether there are occupational social class differences in the amount of time older adults live after they stop work, and how much of these differences are due to health. METHODS: Participants were 76 485 members of the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study (LS), who were 50-75 years at the 2001 census and had stopped work by the 2011 census. Over 10 years of follow-up, we used censored linear regression to estimate mean differences in years between stopping work and death by occupational social class. RESULTS: After adjustment for age, both social class and health were independent predictors of postwork duration (mean difference (95% CI): unskilled class vs professional: 2.7 years (2.4 to 3.1); not good vs good health: 2.4 years (1.9 to 2.9)), with LS members in the three manual classes experiencing ~1 additional year of postwork duration than professional workers (interaction p values all <0.001). Further adjustment for gender and educational qualifications was reduced but did not eliminate social class and postwork duration associations. We estimate the difference in postwork years between professional classes in good health and unskilled workers not in good health as 5.1 years for women (21.0 vs 26.1) and 5.5 years for men (19.5 vs 25.0). CONCLUSIONS: Lower social class groups are negatively affected by uniform state pension ages, because they are more likely to stop work at younger ages due to health reasons

Census · Environmental health · Inequality · Life expectancy · Longitudinal study · Pension · Population · Social class · Social inequality · Socioeconomic status · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Medicine · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Workplace Health and Well-being · Gerontology