Health, lifestyle and employment beyond state-pension age
Abstract Background The factors influencing one’s choice to retire vary, with financial and health considerations being some of the main factors impacting or associated with people’s timing of retirement. The aim of the study is to investigate the differences in current health and health-related beh...
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description | Abstract Background The factors influencing one’s choice to retire vary, with financial and health considerations being some of the main factors impacting or associated with people’s timing of retirement. The aim of the study is to investigate the differences in current health and health-related behaviours, such as smoking, drinking and exercising, between people who kept on working beyond state-pension age and those who retired before or at state-pension age. Methods Data from six waves (2003, 2008–2012) of the Scottish Health Survey (SHeS) are used. Descriptive analyses were used to characterise the population. Multivariate logistic regression was undertaken to analyse the relationship between retirement groups and gender, age, deprivation, marital status, housing tenure, general health, longstanding illness, cigarette smoking status, amount of exercise and mental health, using Stata. Results Reporting poor self-rated health or having a long-standing illness was associated with increased odds of retiring before state pension age (SPA) in groups with a medium deprivation profile in almost all the survey years. For the least deprived there was little evidence of an association between poor health and extended-working-life, while significant associations were observed for the most deprived. An increasing trend was observed for both genders in the number of people extending their working life. Similar associations between reporting poorer self-rated health and extended working lives were observed for men and women. Distinct gender differences were observed for the associations with reporting poor mental health and no exercise. In the adjusted models, both were significantly associated with retiring at or before SPA in almost every year for women, whereas no significant associations were observed (except in 1 year) for men. Conclusions This study shows an increasing trend in the number of people extending their working lives and demonstrates significant associations between health and lifestyle behaviours and employment status past SPA. The results suggest that good health – both physically and mentally – along with either a need or a want to stay in employment could be important reasons for continuing to work beyond SPA. |
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spelling | doaj.art-0df85b825f644f6f911113f6c3db74682022-12-22T00:05:46ZengBMCBMC Public Health1471-24582017-12-0117111310.1186/s12889-017-4957-5Health, lifestyle and employment beyond state-pension ageEvangelia Demou0Abita Bhaskar1Taoye Xu2Daniel F. Mackay3Kate Hunt4MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of GlasgowMRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of GlasgowPublic Health, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of GlasgowPublic Health, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of GlasgowMRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of GlasgowAbstract Background The factors influencing one’s choice to retire vary, with financial and health considerations being some of the main factors impacting or associated with people’s timing of retirement. The aim of the study is to investigate the differences in current health and health-related behaviours, such as smoking, drinking and exercising, between people who kept on working beyond state-pension age and those who retired before or at state-pension age. Methods Data from six waves (2003, 2008–2012) of the Scottish Health Survey (SHeS) are used. Descriptive analyses were used to characterise the population. Multivariate logistic regression was undertaken to analyse the relationship between retirement groups and gender, age, deprivation, marital status, housing tenure, general health, longstanding illness, cigarette smoking status, amount of exercise and mental health, using Stata. Results Reporting poor self-rated health or having a long-standing illness was associated with increased odds of retiring before state pension age (SPA) in groups with a medium deprivation profile in almost all the survey years. For the least deprived there was little evidence of an association between poor health and extended-working-life, while significant associations were observed for the most deprived. An increasing trend was observed for both genders in the number of people extending their working life. Similar associations between reporting poorer self-rated health and extended working lives were observed for men and women. Distinct gender differences were observed for the associations with reporting poor mental health and no exercise. In the adjusted models, both were significantly associated with retiring at or before SPA in almost every year for women, whereas no significant associations were observed (except in 1 year) for men. Conclusions This study shows an increasing trend in the number of people extending their working lives and demonstrates significant associations between health and lifestyle behaviours and employment status past SPA. The results suggest that good health – both physically and mentally – along with either a need or a want to stay in employment could be important reasons for continuing to work beyond SPA.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-017-4957-5 |
spellingShingle | Evangelia Demou Abita Bhaskar Taoye Xu Daniel F. Mackay Kate Hunt Health, lifestyle and employment beyond state-pension age BMC Public Health |
title | Health, lifestyle and employment beyond state-pension age |
title_full | Health, lifestyle and employment beyond state-pension age |
title_fullStr | Health, lifestyle and employment beyond state-pension age |
title_full_unstemmed | Health, lifestyle and employment beyond state-pension age |
title_short | Health, lifestyle and employment beyond state-pension age |
title_sort | health lifestyle and employment beyond state pension age |
url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-017-4957-5 |
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