Wetzel, Martin and Vanhoutte, Bram 
ORCID: 0000-0002-8032-9214
(2020)
Putting cumulative (dis)advantages in context: Comparing the role of educational inequality in later-life functional health trajectories in England and Germany.
PLOS ONE, 15 (12).
e0244371-.
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Abstract
<h4>Background</h4>The cumulative (dis)advantage (CAD) perspective more and more is examined in a comparative way, to highlight the role of context in generating inequality over the life course. This study adds to this field of research by examining trajectories of activities of daily living (ADL) in later life by educational level in a country comparison of England and Germany, emphasizing differing institutional conditions.<h4>Method</h4>Data used are the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA; 11,352 individuals) and the German subsample of the Survey of Health and Retirement in Europe (SHARE; 5,573 individuals). Using population averaged Poisson panel regression models, 12-year trajectories of six birth cohorts are investigated, covering the age range of 50 to 90 years.<h4>Results</h4>Respondents in England have a higher level of limitations at age 50, and more limited increases over age than in Germany. An educational gradient exists in both countries at age 50. Notably, the educational gradient increases for more recently born cohorts, but declines with increasing age in England, while in Germany educational differences increase for more recently born cohort only.<h4>Discussion</h4>The current study indicates that CAD processes between educational groups are context sensitive. While England showed convergence of disparities with increasing age, in Germany no differential development was found.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Humans, Activities of Daily Living, Longitudinal Studies, Cross-Sectional Studies, Aging, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Middle Aged, Educational Status, Germany, England, Female, Male, Health Status Disparities |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Law and Social Justice |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Nov 2023 16:25 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2023 16:25 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0244371 |
| Open Access URL: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244371 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3177104 |
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