Associations of Successful Aging With Socioeconomic Position Across the Life-Course
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Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate how socioeconomic position (SEP) is associated with multidimensional measures of successful aging (SA), and how this varies and accumulates across the life-course. Method: Using data from 1,733 Scottish men and women from two cohorts aged around 57 and 76, respectively, we explored associations of SA, based on the Rowe–Kahn model, with 10 measures of SEP measured in childhood and, distally and proximally, in adulthood. Results: Individual SEP associations with SA score were generally consistent across different indicators and life stages: Respondents with the most versus least favorable SEP had two additional positive SA dimensions. There was also a strong association between SA and cumulative SEP based on all 10 measures combined; respondents with the most versus least favorable lifelong SEP had four additional positive SA dimensions. Conclusion: SEP advantages/ 1University of Glasgow, UK 2University of Essex, UK Corresponding Author: Elise Whitley, MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, 200, Renfield Street, Glasgow G2 3QB, Scotland. Email: [email protected] 665208 JAHXXX10.1177/0898264316665208Journal of Aging and HealthWhitley et al. research-article2016 at Glasgow University Library on September 14, 2016 jah.sagepub.com Downloaded from 2 Journal of Aging and Health disadvantages act and accumulate across the life-course, resulting in widening socioeconomic inequalities in SA in later life.
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