1. The future of ageing : A cross generational life course perspective
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4. Long term effects of early life circumstances
Life course determinants of social, economic and health outcomes
Quality of life, functioning and productivity, post the onset of chronic illness
Changing experiences of different generations
External shocks (pandemic, cost of living crisis)
Making long lives better for all through the life course lens
5. 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020
National Child Development Study 1958
1970 British Cohort Study
Next Steps (formerly LSYPE)
Millennium Cohort Study
National Study of Health
and Development 1946
Children of the 2020s (COT2020s)
Early Life Cohort Feasibility Study
COVID Social Mobility and Opportunities Study (COSMO)
Healthy longevity in the 21st century: A cross generational life course perspective
Before we had studies like these that link across generations – we couldn’t answer even basic questions, about xx
& we relied on the narrow world of randomized trials to make causal inferences that now we do with confidence using longitudinal data
Distress levels as high or higher than ever in up to 40 years of follow-up data
Great resignation: Ongoing economic trend in which large numbers of employees have resigned from their jobs
Descriptives, light blue age 55, darker blue age 62 and red age 63
Sample: all those who gave responses on the economic status questions at age 55, 62 and 63 and weighted back to the original NCDS population (excluding those dead, emigrated)
At age 55 @77% employed, 3-4% unemployed, 3-4% have already retired, 6% permanently sick /disabled
You can see that by age 62 big drop in those employed – 51%,, by age 63 46% and main increase is in retirement 28% and 31% at age 62 and 63 respectively
Slight increasing in those permanently sick and reduction in caring responsibilities, but not significant
Descriptives, light blue age 55, darker blue age 62 and red age 63
Sample: all those who gave responses on the economic status questions at age 55, 62 and 63 and weighted back to the original NCDS population (excluding those dead, emigrated)
At age 55 @77% employed, 3-4% unemployed, 3-4% have already retired, 6% permanently sick /disabled
You can see that by age 62 big drop in those employed – 51%,, by age 63 46% and main increase is in retirement 28% and 31% at age 62 and 63 respectively
Slight increasing in those permanently sick and reduction in caring responsibilities, but not significant
Social advantage, early advantaged socioeconomic background, private pensions, owners outright
Descriptives, light blue age 55, darker blue age 62 and red age 63
Sample: all those who gave responses on the economic status questions at age 55, 62 and 63 and weighted back to the original NCDS population (excluding those dead, emigrated)
At age 55 @77% employed, 3-4% unemployed, 3-4% have already retired, 6% permanently sick /disabled
You can see that by age 62 big drop in those employed – 51%,, by age 63 46% and main increase is in retirement 28% and 31% at age 62 and 63 respectively
Slight increasing in those permanently sick and reduction in caring responsibilities, but not significant
Check available for those 40 to 74. Arguably since 1/3 has multimorbidity at 46 – 48, it could be offered earlier in future generations (35?)
Trends for women
Women’s work histories follow much different patterns, largely due to family responsibilities.
Once again, the majority of women have been employed since their late teens.
But the shape of the green shows the percentage of women staying home. It increases around the time most cohort members had young children at home. Most of the cohort (over 60%) were married by the time they reached their late 20s or early 30s and have stayed married. Relationship histories for the rest of the cohort are quite varied. Around 11-12% of the cohort have never married or cohabitated.
Once again, unemployment (red) was highest in the early 1980s, and sickness (purple) is putting a growing number of the cohort women out of work as they age.