Health and socio-economic status over the life course

Health in later life is shaped by behavior and policies over the life course and reflects the differences between the societies in which we are ageing. This multidisciplinary book answers questions from all life course phases and its interconnections from a European perspective based on the most recent SHARE data, such as: How is our health related to personality traits and influenced by our childhood conditions and careers? Which role does our social network play? Which impacts of the different health care and societal regimes can we trace at older ages? Which are the differences and similarities across European countries?

Índice

– Editors
– Contributors
– Part I: Personality and chilhood
– Part II: Health Inequalities – Education and income
– Part III: Labour market, occupation and retirement
– Part IV: Social transitions and economic crises
– Part V: Social context and health
– Part VI: Healthcare and health behaviour
– Part VII: Objective health
– Part VIII: Dried blood spot samples