Later-life career disruption and self-rated health: An analysis of general social survey data

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-57

  He, Y H ^a   Colantonio, A ^a   Maeshall, V W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; General Social Survey of Canada; Later life career disruption; Older workers; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBESITY; PENSIONER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RATING SCALE; RETIREMENT; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORK; WORK CAPACITY; WORKER;

EID: 0038613835     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s071498080000372x     Document Type: Review

References (49)

1. Avison, W.R. (2001). Unemployment and its consequences for mental health. In V.W. Marshall, W. Heinz, H. Krueger, & A. Verma (Eds.), Restructuring work and the life course (pp. 177-200). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
2. Bartley, M., & Owen, C. (1996). Relation between socioeconomic status, employment, and health during economic change, 1973-93. British Medical Journal, 313, 445-449.
3. Betancourt, R.L. (1991). Retirement and men's physical and mental health. New York: Garland.
4. Bourbonnais, R., Meyer, F., & Theriault, G. (1988). Validity of self-reported work history. British Journal of Industrial Medicine, 45, 29-32.
5. Brisson, C., Vezina, M., Bernard, P.M., & Gingras, S. (1991). Validity of occupational histories obtained by interview with female workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 19, 523-530.
6. Brower, P.S., & Attfield, M.D. (1998). Reliability of reported occupational history information for U.S. coal miners. American Journal of Epidemiology, 148(9), 920-926.
7. Cappelli, P., Basi, L., Kartz, H., Knoke, D., Osterman, P., & Useem, M. (1997). Change at work. New York: Oxford University Press.
8. Cohen, S. (1992). Stress, social support and disorder. In H.O.F. Veiel and U. Baumann (Eds.), The meaning and measurement of social support (pp. 109-124). New York: Hemisphere Publishing.
9. Gallo, W., Bradley, E., Siegel, M., & Kasl, S. (2000). Health effects of involuntary job loss among older workers: Findings from the Health and Retirement Survey. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 55B, S131-S140.
10. Han, S.-K., & Moen, P. (1999). Clocking out: Temporal patterning of retirement. American Journal of Sociology 105(1), 191-236.
11. Hayward, M.D., Friedman, S., & Chen, H. (1998). Career trajectories and older men's retirement. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 53B(2), S91-S103.
12. Heisz, A. (1996, January). Changes in job tenure and job stability in Canada. Canadian Economic Observer, 3.1-3.9.
13. Hibbard, J., & Pope, C.R. (1993). Health effects of discontinuities in female employment and marital status. Social Science and Medicine, 36(8), 1099-1104.
14. Hoeymans, N., Feskens, E.J.M., Kromhout, D., & Van Den Bos, G.A.M. (1997). Aging and the relationship between functional status and self-rated health in elderly men. Social Science and Medicine, 45(10), 1527-1536.
15. Idler, E.L., & Benyamini, Y. (1997). Self-rated health and mortality: A review of twenty-seven community studies. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 38, 21-37.
16. Ilmarinen, J. (1994). Aging, work and health. In J. Snel and R. Cremer (Eds.), Work and aging: A European perspective (pp. 47-63). London: Taylor and Francis.
17. Jylha, M., Guralnik, J.M., Ferrucci, L., Jokela, J., & Heikkinen, E. (1998). Is self-rated health comparable across cultures and genders. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 53B(3), S144-S152.
18. Kato, M., Shimazu, M., Moriguchi, S., & Kishino, Y. (1996). Body mass index (BMI) is a reliable index to estimate obesity as a risk factor for deteriorating health. Tokushima Journal of Experimental Medicine, 43(1-2), 1-6.
19. Kivinen, P., Halonen, P., Eronen, M., & Nissinen, A. (1998). Self-rated health, physician-rated health and associated factors among elderly men: The Finnish cohorts of the seven countries study. Age and Aging, 27, 41-47.
20. Kohli, M., Rein, M, Guillemard, A.-M., & van Gunsteren, H. (Eds.). (1991). Time for retirement. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
21. Lauzon, D. (1995). Worker displacement: Trends, characteristics and policy responses. Ottawa, Canada: Applied Research Branch, Strategic Policy, Human Resources Development Canada (R-95-3).
22. Lundberg, O., & Manderbacka, K. (1996). Assessing reliability of a measure of self-rated health. Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine, 24, 218-224.
23. Manderbacka, K. (1998). Examining what self-rated health question is understood to mean by respondents. Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine, 26(2), 144-153.
24. Manderbacka, K., Lahelma, E., & Martibainen, P. (1998). Examining the continuity of self-rated health. International Journal of Epidemiology, 27, 208-213.
25. Marshall, V.W., & Marshall, J.G. (1999). Age and changes in work: Causes and contrasts. Ageing International 25(2): 46-68.
26. Marshall, V.W., & Clarke, P.J. (1998). Facilitating the transition from employment to retirement. In Canada health action: Building on the legacy (Vol. 2; pp. 171-211). Papers commissioned by the National Forum on Health, Determinants of Health: Adults and Seniors. Ste Foy, QC: Editions MultiMondes.
27. Marshall, V.W., Clarke, P.J., & Ballantyne, P.J. (2001). Instability in the retirement transition: Effects on health and well-being in a Canadian study. Research on Aging 23(4): 379-409.
28. Martikainen, P.T., & Valkonen, T. (1996). Excess mortality of unemployed men and women during a period of rapidly increasing unemployment. Lancet, 348(9032), 909-912.
29. Mathers, C.D., & Schofield, D.J. (1998). The health consequences of unemployment: The evidence. Medical Journal of Australia, 168, 178-182.
30. McDonald, P.L. (1997). The link between social research and social policy options: Reverse retirement as a case in point. Special Joint Issue of Canadian Journal on Aging 16/Canadian Public Policy 23, 90-113.
31. McDonald, P.L., Donahue, P., & Marshall, V.W. (2000). The economic consequences of unexpected early retirement. In F.T. Denton, D. Fretz, & B. Spencer (Eds.), Independence and economic security in old age (pp. 267-292). Vancouver: UBC Press.
32. McDonald, L., Donahue, P., & Moore B. (1998). The economic casualties of retiring because of poor health. Independence and economic security of the older population (IESOP Research Paper No. 29). Hamilton, ON: McMaster University, Program for Research on the Independence and Economic Security of the Older Population [cited 2003 Feb 19]. Available from URL: http:// www.socsci.mcmaster.ca/-iesop/papers2.htm
33. Moen, P., & Han, S.-K. (2001). Reframing careers: Work, family, and gender. In V.W. Marshall, W. Heinz, H. Krueger, & A. Verma (Eds.), Restructuring work and the life course (pp. 424-445). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
34. Moser, K.A., Goldblatt, P.O., Fox, A.J., & Jones, D.R. (1987). Unemployment and mortality: Comparison of the 1971 and 1981 longitudinal study census samples. British Medical Journal [Clinical Research Edition], 294 (6564), 86-90.
35. Mossey, J.M., & Shapiro, E. (1982). Self-rated health: A predictor of mortality among the elderly. American Journal of Public Health, 72(8), 800-808.
36. Mutchler, J.E., Burr, J.A., Pienta, A.M., & Massagli, M.P. (1997). Pathways to labour force exit: Work transitions and work instability. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 52B(1), S13-S26.
37. Mutchler, J.E., Burr, J.A., Massagli, M.P., & Pienta, A. (1999). Work transitions and health in later life. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 54B(5): S525-S261.
38. OECD. (1995). The transition from work to retirement. OECD social policy studies: No. 16. Paris: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
39. Pavalko, E.K., Elder, G.H., & Clipp, E.C. (1993). Worklives and longevity: Insights from a life course perspective. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 34, 363-380.
40. Pavalko, E.L., & Smith, B. (1999). The rhythm of work: Health effects of women's work dynamics. Social Forces 77(3), 1141-1162.
41. Pienta, A.M., Burr, J.A., & Mutchler, J.E. (1994). Women's labor force participation in later life: The effects of early work and family experiences. Journal of Gerontology: Social Science, 49(5), S231-S239.
42. Picot, G., and Pyper, W. (1994, December). Worker displacement within the context of a dynamic labour market. Paper presented at the CERF Conference on Displaced Workers, Ottawa, ON.
43. Reimers, C., & Honig, M. (1989). The retirement process in the United States: Mobility among full-time work, partial retirement, and full retirement. In W. Schmahl (Ed.), Redefining the process of retirement: An international perspective (pp.115-127). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
44. Rosenberg, C.R. (1993). An analysis of the reliability of self-reported work histories from a cohort of workers exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls. British Journal of Industrial Medicine, 50, 822-826.
45. Ruchlin, H.S., & Morris, J.N. (1992). Deteriorating health and the cessation of employment among older workers. Journal of Aging and Health, 4(1), 43-57.
46. Ruhm, C.J. (1990). Career jobs, bridge employment, and retirement. In P. Doeringer (Ed.), Bridges to retirement: Older workers in a changing labour market (pp. 92-107). Ithaca, NY: ILR Press.
47. Smith, A.M., Shelley, J.M., & Dennerstein, L. (1994). Self-rated health: Biological continuum or social discontinuity? Social Science and Medicine, 39(1), 77-83.
48. Suls, J., Marco, C., & Tobin, S. (1991). The role of temporal comparison, social comparison, and direct appraisal in the elderly's self-evaluations of health. Journal of Applied Psychology, 21, 1125-1144.
49. Turner, J.B. (1995). Economic context and the health effects of unemployment. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 36, 213-229.