Journal article
Women's Occupational Patterns and Later Life Physical Functioning
Journal of aging and health, Vol.32(5-6), pp.410-421
06/01/2020
DOI: 10.1177/0898264319826797
PMID: 30698490
Abstract
Objective: Timing and accumulation of work-related exposures may influence later life health. This study evaluates the association between women's work patterns and physical functioning. Method: Work history and physical functioning information was collected at baseline for U.S. women ages 50 to 79 years in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study (N = 75,507). We estimated life course workforce participation patterns using latent class analysis. Associations between work patterns and physical limitations were explored using modified Poisson regression. Results: Compared with working continuously, women who left the workforce early had 8% increased risk and women who worked intermittently had 5% reduced risk of physical limitations later in life. The negative association with intermittent workforce participation was stronger for women with substantively complex work (9% reduced risk) than for women with nonsubstantively complex work (2% reduced risk). Discussion: Life course work patterns and characteristics may contribute to physical functioning later in life among women.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Women's Occupational Patterns and Later Life Physical Functioning
- Creators
- Aimee J. Palumbo - Drexel UniversityCarolyn Cannuscio - Annenberg Public Policy CenterAnneclaire J. De Roos - Drexel UniversityLucy Robinson - Drexel UniversityJana Mossey - Drexel UniversityRobert Wallace - University of IowaLorena Garcia - University of California, DavisAladdin H. Shadyab - University of California San DiegoShawnita Sealy-Jefferson - The Ohio State UniversityYvonne Michael - Drexel University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of aging and health, Vol.32(5-6), pp.410-421
- DOI
- 10.1177/0898264319826797
- PMID
- 30698490
- NLM abbreviation
- J Aging Health
- ISSN
- 0898-2643
- eISSN
- 1552-6887
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 12
- Grant note
- Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund, a program of The Reed Foundation HHSN268201100046C; HHSN268201100001C; HHSN268201100002C; HHSN268201100003C; HHSN2682011 00004C; HHSN271201100004C / National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Drexel University
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/2020
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology; Injury Prevention Research Center; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984363627102771
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