Women’s Occupational Patterns and Later Life Physical Functioning.
Autor: Palumbo, Aimee J.; Cannuscio, Carolyn; De Roos, Anneclaire J.; Robinson, Lucy; Mossey, Jana; Wallace, Robert; Garcia, Lorena; Shadyab, Aladdin H.; Sealy-Jefferson, Shawnita; Michael, Yvonne
Publication year: 2020
Journal of aging and health
issn:1552-6887 0898-2643
doi: 10.1177/0898264319826797
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.
Language: eng
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Pmid: 30698490
Tags: Humans; Aged; Female; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; epidemiology; United States/epidemiology; Health Surveys; Latent Class Analysis; *Physical Functional Performance; *Aging; life course; Employment/*statistics & numerical data; physical function; women’s employment; Women’s Health/*statistics & numerical data
Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30698490/
