Life course influences on quality of life in early old age
Life course influences on quality of life in early old age
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DOI：
10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.08.028
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发表时间：
2004-06-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Wiggins, RD
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作者：
Blane, D;Higgs, P;Wiggins, RD
越来越多的文献表明生命历程对老年早期健康的影响。本论文是第一个研究类似的过程是否也影响老年早期的生活质量。这个问题是理论上的结构化依赖和第三年龄，以及人们在晚年到达这些目的地的生命历程路径。这些问题是在一个独特的数据集中调查的，该数据集载有大约300名大多年龄在65至75岁之间的人的健康和生命历程信息，2000年又得到了关于生活质量的邮政调查数据的补充。几种类型的生命历程的影响，确定在传统水平的统计意义。然而，对生活质量的长期影响不如对健康的长期影响显著。老年早期的生活质量似乎主要受当前背景因素的影响，如物质环境和严重的健康问题，生命历程的影响主要限于其对个人晚年生活环境的塑造。对政策的影响是，儿童和成年期间的不利条件并不妨碍老年初期的良好生活质量。(C)2003爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
A growing literature demonstrates life course influences on health in early old age. The present paper is the first to examine whether similar processes also influence quality of life in early old age. The question is theorised in terms of structured dependency and third age, and the life course pathways by which people arrive at these destinations in later life. The issues are investigated in a unique data set that contains health and life course information on some 300 individuals mostly aged 65-75 years, enhanced in 2000 by postal survey data on quality of life. Several types of life course effect are identified at conventional levels of statistical significance. Long-term influences on quality of life, however, are less marked than those on health. Quality of life in early old age appears to be influenced primarily by current contextual factors such as material circumstances and serious health problems, with the influence of the life course limited mostly to its shaping of an individual's circumstances in later life. The implication for policy is that disadvantage during childhood and adulthood does not preclude good quality of life in early old age. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.