Contents

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Editors XI
4. Contributors XIII
5. 1. A spotlight on health and life courses in Europe using SHARE Waves 6 and 7 1
6. Part I. Personality and childhood
7. 2. Personality, age and the well-being of older Europeans 35
8. 3. Personality and physical health among older Europeans 43
9. 4. Personality traits and financial behaviour 49
10. 5. Relationships with parents in childhood and well-being in later life 57
11. 6. Effects of adverse childhood experiences on mental well-being later in life 67
12. Part II. Health inequalities — Education and income
13. 7. Dynamic changes in determinants of inequalities in health in Europe with a focus on retirement 77
14. 8. Persistence in inequalities of frailty at older age: A comparison of nine EU countries 85
15. 9. How do early-life conditions shape health age profiles late in life? 91
16. 10. Tracking and educational inequality in health in later life 99
17. Part III. Labour market, occupation and retirement
18. 11. Long-term effects of different labour careers 109
19. 12. The economic situation of formerly self-employed workers 119
20. 13. Patterns of labour market participation and their impact on the well-being of older women 129
21. 14. End-of-working-life gender wage gap: The role of health shocks, parental education and personality traits 141
22. 15. Family dissolution and labour supply decisions over the life cycle 149
23. 16. Working conditions and health of older workers 157
24. Part IV. Social transitions and economic crises
25. 17. Health gap in post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe: A life-course perspective 167
26. 18. What is hidden behind the ‘obvious’? SHARE data raise the curtain about health, early retirement and elderly care of ageing Bulgarians 179
27. 19. The link to the past and the post-communist welfare state 187
28. 20. The economic crisis, fiscal austerity and long-term care: Responses of the care mix in three adjustment countries 197
29. 21. Financial and non-financial transfers from parents to adult children after the economic crisis 207
30. Part V. Social context and health
31. 22. Changes in social networks and cognitive decline 219
32. 23. The role of social networks and disability in survival 227
33. 24. Social embeddedness of care recipients and their spousal caregivers 235
34. 25. The impact of living alone on physical and mental health: Does loneliness matter? 243
35. 26. Living alone in Europe and health behaviours 249
36. 27. Bereavement, loneliness and health 259
37. Part VI. Healthcare and health behaviour
38. 28. The social dynamics of unmet need, catastrophic healthcare expenses and satisfaction with health insurance coverage 269
39. 29. Differences in healthcare use between immigrant and local older individuals 279
40. 30. Life expectancy and health investments 289
41. 31. Multiple chronic conditions in older people in European countries: A network analysis approach 297
42. Part VII. Objective health
43. 32. Changes in body mass and cognitive decline – disentangling a seeming paradox 311
44. 33. The association between self-reported physical activity and physical performance: Does advancing age matter? 319
45. 34. Grip strength across Europe –North/ South and East/West divides 327
46. 35. End of life and palliative care in Europe: An exploration of SHARE data 337
47. Part VIII. Dried blood spot samples
48. 36. Dried blood spot samples and their validation 349
49. 37. Influence of fieldwork conditions and sample quality on DBS values 359
50. 38. Blood collection in the field – results and lessons from the polish test study 367
51. 39. Identification of cytokine and lipoprotein markers for analyses in SHARE Wave 6 dried blood spots 375