Abstract

Using the Health and Retirement Survey, the proposed research will investigate the effects of socioeconomic status (SES) on chronic health problems and disability for a nationally representative sample of middle-aged and older persons. Specifically, the aims of the proposed research are to (1) determine the SES gradient across types of health problems defining the course of the disablement process and (2) investigate how SES differences in health changes are related to differential exposure to unhealthful and demanding work environments, risky health behaviors, and access to and utilization of medical care.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01AG011758-05
Application #
2748511
Study Section
Social Sciences and Population Study Section (SSP)
Project Start
1993-08-09
Project End
2001-07-31
Budget Start
1998-08-01
Budget End
2001-07-31
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
1998
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Pennsylvania State University
Department
Miscellaneous
Type
Organized Research Units
DUNS #
City
University Park
State
PA
Country
United States
Zip Code
16802

  Publications

Warner, David F; Hayward, Mark D; Hardy, Melissa A (2010) The Retirement Life Course in America at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century. Popul Res Policy Rev 29:893-919
Crimmins, Eileen M; Hayward, Mark D; Ueda, Hiroshi et al. (2008) Life with and without heart disease among women and men over 50. J Women Aging 20:5-19
Warner, David F; Hayward, Mark D (2006) Early-life origins of the race gap in men's mortality. J Health Soc Behav 47:209-26
Crimmins, Eileen M; Hayward, Mark D (2004) Workplace characteristics and work disability onset for men and women. Soz Praventivmed 49:122-31
Hayward, Mark D; Gorman, Bridget K (2004) The long arm of childhood: the influence of early-life social conditions on men's mortality. Demography 41:87-107
Zhang, Z; Hayward, M D (2001) Childlessness and the psychological well-being of older persons. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 56:S311-20
Blackwell, D L; Hayward, M D; Crimmins, E M (2001) Does childhood health affect chronic morbidity in later life? Soc Sci Med 52:1269-84
Hayward, M D; Heron, M (1999) Racial inequality in active life among adult Americans. Demography 36:77-91
Hayward, M D; Pienta, A M; McLaughlin, D K (1997) Inequality in men's mortality: the socioeconomic status gradient and geographic context. J Health Soc Behav 38:313-30
Crimmins, E M; Hayward, M D; Saito, Y (1996) Differentials in active life expectancy in the older population of the United States. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 51:S111-20

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