Midlife Work and Women's Long-Term Health and Mortality.

Publisher: Duke University Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0226703 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1533-7790 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00703370 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Demography Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: 2021- : Durham, NC : Duke University Press
Original Publication: Washington, etc., Population Assn. of America.

Health Status*; Employment/*statistics & numerical data ; Mental Health/*statistics & numerical data ; Mortality/*trends; Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Longitudinal Studies ; Middle Aged ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Women's Health ; Women, Working

Although paid work is a well-established predictor of health, several gaps in our knowledge about the relationship between adult work patterns and later health and mortality remain, including whether these benefits persist over long periods and whether they are dependent on subjective experiences with work. We draw on more than three decades of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women to assess how labor force participation over a period of 20 years during midlife is related to mental and physical health and mortality over the following 16-25 years. We find that consistent work earlier in life continues to predict improved health and longevity over many years as women enter late life, and this relationship does not differ between women with positive and those with negative subjective work experiences. These findings add to knowledge about how key adult social experiences are related to health as individuals enter later life.

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R21 AG033323 United States AG NIA NIH HHS

Keywords: Health; Mortality; Women; Work; Work experiences

Date Created: 20191213 Date Completed: 20201109 Latest Revision: 20201109

20231215

PMC7052029

10.1007/s13524-019-00839-6

31828735