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ArticleBMC public health2025

Continuing exposure to disadvantageous material and perceived economic factors on self-rated health in different life stages: fixed effects analyses with data from the German Socioeconomic Panel.

Tobias Rähse, Matthias Richter, Anja Knöchelmann

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Tobias RähseInstitute of Medical Sociology, Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Sciences, Medical Faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. tobias.raehse@medizin.uni-halle.de.ORCID 0000-0003-2061-4723
Matthias RichterInstitute of Medical Sociology, Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Sciences, Medical Faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3898-3332
Anja KnöchelmannInstitute of Medical Sociology, Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Sciences, Medical Faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7762-9024

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backgroundLife course epidemiology explores health disparities over time. The accumulation thesis thereby suggests an add-up of disadvantages, while the adaptation model assumes an adjustment to disadvantageous conditions. Examining the relevance of these accumulation and adaptation processes, the present study analyses continuing exposure to various material and perceived economic factors on self-rated health (SRH) across different life stages.

methodsAll analyses are based on longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) from 1994 to 2017. Exposure variables, including loan burdens, housing status and quality (material factors) as well as financial and occupational worries, housing and income satisfaction (perceived economic factors), were analyzed dichotomously. Exposure duration was calculated as observed years in exposure for each of the factors, taking only continuous exposure years into account. The analyses were carried out separately for sex and life stages (emerging, early middle & later middle, late adulthood) using fixed effects models to adjust for time-varying covariates.

resultsThe analyses showed accumulation processes associated with housing status, financial worries and income satisfaction impacting SRH across most life stages. The effects of continuing exposure to occupational worries, housing satisfaction, housing quality, and loan burdens were more variable, indicating accumulation processes in certain life stages and sex-specific variations.

conclusionsWhile predominantly accumulation effects were found for certain factors, others showed more varied patterns. Future research should explore the mechanisms underlying these effects to develop well-timed measures that mitigate the negative health implications of continuing exposures to disadvantageous factors, emphasizing the importance of multiple exposures and later life health effects that may impede healthy ageing.

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Diagnostic Self EvaluationHealth StatusHealth Status DisparitiesAdolescentAdultAgedFemaleGermanyHousingHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedSelf ReportSocioeconomic FactorsYoung AdultAccumulationAdaptationDisadvantageous factorsHealthy ageingLife course epidemiologySelf-rated health

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