ArticleJournal of epidemiology and community health2016
Work-family life courses and metabolic markers in mid-life: evidence from the British National Child Development Study.
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- Work-family trajectories and health: A systematic review.Advances in life course research · 2022Pooled it
- Multiple social roles in early adulthood and later mental health in different labour market contexts.Advances in life course research · 2021Article
- Lifetime employment, tobacco use, and alcohol consumption trajectories and cardiovascular diseases in old age.SSM - population health · 2021Article
- Lifetime employment histories and their relationship with 10-year health trajectories in later life: evidence from England.European journal of public health · 2020Article
- Finding Jobs, Forming Families, and Stressing Out? Work, Family, and Stress among Young Adult Women in the United States.Social forces; a scientific medium of social study and interpretation · 2019Article
- Fertility History and Physical and Mental Health Changes in European Older Adults.European journal of population = Revue europeenne de demographie · 2019Article
- Social sequencing to determine patterns in health and work-family trajectories for U.S. women, 1968-2013.SSM - population health · 2018Article
- Do work and family care histories predict health in older women?European journal of public health · 2017Article
- Work-family life courses and BMI trajectories in three British birth cohorts.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious studies have found generally better health among those who combine employment and family responsibilities; however, most research excludes men, and relies on subjective measures of health and information on work and family activities from only 1 or 2 time points in the life course. This study investigated associations between work-family life course types (LCTs) and markers of metabolic risk in a British birth cohort study.
methodsMultichannel sequence analysis was used to generate work-family LCTs, combining annual information on work, partnership and parenthood between 16 and 42 years for men and women in the British National Child Development Study (NCDS, followed since their birth in 1958). Associations between work-family LCTs and metabolic risk factors in mid-life (age 44-45) were tested using multivariate linear regression in multiply imputed data.
resultsLife courses characterised by earlier transitions into parenthood were associated with significantly increased metabolic risk, regardless of attachment to paid work or marital stability over the life course. These associations were only partially attenuated by educational qualifications, early life circumstances and adult mediators. The positive association between weak labour markets ties and metabolic risk was weaker than might be expected from previous studies. Associations between work-family LCTs and metabolic risk factors did not differ significantly by gender.
conclusionsEarlier transitions to parenthood are linked to metabolic risk in mid-life.
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