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Life course pathways to later life
wellbeing
Bram Vanhoutte, James Nazroo & Alan Marshall
CCSR, University of Manchester
Aristotle

Epicurus/Aristippus
Subjective well-being

Hedonic

Eudaimonic

(cognitive+affective)

? Roots in Epicurus,
Bentham, Mill
-Well-being is
maximalisation of
pleasure, minimalisation
of suffering

? Roots in Aristotle:
- Well-being is about
developing one-self and
realising one¡¯s potential
(Maslow 1968; Erikson
1959)
Life course models
? Critical period model
¨C Influences at a specific point in time (often early
life) have a life lasting influence

? Accumulation model
¨C The accumulation of advantage/ disadvantage
across the life course is most relevant

? Social Mobility
¨C What are the consequences of rising and falling on
the social ladder?
Accumulation model
? The accumulation of advantage/ disadvantage
across the life course is most relevant
? Accumulation through environmental,
behavioural and psychosocial processes
? Examples:
¨C Matthew effect (Merton 1968)
¨C Habitus (Bourdieu 1984)
¨C Allostatic load (McEwen & Stellar 1993)
Life course models
? Plenty of supportive evidence for
accumulation model for Mortality and Physical
Health/Illness (Case & Paxson 2011, Pollitt, Rose & Kaufman
2005, Kuh & Schlomo 2004, and many more)

? No investigation of Subjective Well-being and
limited research on Psychological health
(exceptions: Luo & Waite 2005, Haas 2008, both using HRS)
Research questions
? Do trajectories of wellbeing in later life differ
according to accumulative socio-economic
profiles?

? Divergence or convergence of wellbeing in
later life (Dannefer 1988 , House, Kessler, Herzog et al.
1990) ?
Data
? English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA)
¨C 5 Waves (2002-2010)
¨C Wave 1 :11000 participants aged 50+
¨C Wave 5: 6200 core participants
¨C Refresher + Booster samples

? Available at ukds.co.uk
Affective, Cognitive and Eudaimonic Wellbeing
Depressive Symptoms
(CES-D)
(Radloff, 1977)
-Felt depressed
-Was happy
-Could not get
going
-Enjoyed life
-...

Satisfaction With Life
Scale
(Diener, 1984)
-In most ways my life is
close to ideal
-The conditions of my life
are excellent
-...

CASP15
(Hyde et al, 2003)
Control/Autonomy

-I feel that what happens
to me is out of control
Pleasure

-I enjoy the things that I
do
Self-Actualisation

Yes/No

Strongly agree to
Strongly disagree (7
categories)

Score from 0-8

Score from 5-35

-I choose to do things
that I have never done
before
Often/Sometimes/Not
often/Never
Score from 4-45
Life course trajectories

¨C Occupation of Parent (age 14)
¨C Educational level (age 20)
¨C Current/last occupation (age 50)
Accumulation ?
? Restructure life course by advantaged/
disadvantaged social positions
¨C Lowest exposure
? 000 = Parent Managerial / Professional Class +High level
of education + Self in Managerial/Professional Class

¨C Highest exposure
? 222 = Parent Routine and Manual Class + Low level of
education + Self Routine and Manual Class

> assumes difference between two classes is
equivalent + same value for each point in time
Some descriptives
? Most common trajectories:
¨C 222: always in the lowest category (23%)
¨C 221: low background, but middle class job (7%)
¨C 000: always in the highest category (6%)

? A lot of missing info on parental occupations
(other jobs/something else = 21%)
? Recoded to three categories of similar size
Growth curve models
? Ideally suited to describe change at the
personal level
? Intercept (cross-sectional difference at W1)
and slope (longitudinal evolution)
? Age-vector model: growth model based
illustration of how a cohort (5y) changes over
time
? Assumes Missing at Random(MAR)¡­
MAR

Selection

Shared parameter

4

3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
1

2

3

4

5
Dealing with Attrition
? Selective drop-out :
¨C Related to outcome/trajectory?
¨C Related to differential mortality?
¨C Related to unobserved factor influencing both(eg.
physical health)

? Use selection model (Diggle & Kenwood) and
shared parameter model (Wu & Carrol) to
compare findings
Affective wellbeing men
4.5
4
3.5

3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
52

57

62

67

72

77

82

87

92
Cognitive wellbeing men
30

25

20

15

10

5

0
54

59

64

69

74

79

84

89

94
Eudaimonic well-being men
45
40
35
30
25
20

15
10
5
0
52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94
Conclusions
? The life course accumulation has an effect on
later life trajectories of well-being
? Strong diverging tendencies across cognitive,
affective and eudaimonic aspects of wellbeing
in third age

? Leveling off or converging in fourth age
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life course pathways to later life wellbeing

  • 1. Life course pathways to later life wellbeing Bram Vanhoutte, James Nazroo & Alan Marshall CCSR, University of Manchester
  • 3. Subjective well-being Hedonic Eudaimonic (cognitive+affective) ? Roots in Epicurus, Bentham, Mill -Well-being is maximalisation of pleasure, minimalisation of suffering ? Roots in Aristotle: - Well-being is about developing one-self and realising one¡¯s potential (Maslow 1968; Erikson 1959)
  • 4. Life course models ? Critical period model ¨C Influences at a specific point in time (often early life) have a life lasting influence ? Accumulation model ¨C The accumulation of advantage/ disadvantage across the life course is most relevant ? Social Mobility ¨C What are the consequences of rising and falling on the social ladder?
  • 5. Accumulation model ? The accumulation of advantage/ disadvantage across the life course is most relevant ? Accumulation through environmental, behavioural and psychosocial processes ? Examples: ¨C Matthew effect (Merton 1968) ¨C Habitus (Bourdieu 1984) ¨C Allostatic load (McEwen & Stellar 1993)
  • 6. Life course models ? Plenty of supportive evidence for accumulation model for Mortality and Physical Health/Illness (Case & Paxson 2011, Pollitt, Rose & Kaufman 2005, Kuh & Schlomo 2004, and many more) ? No investigation of Subjective Well-being and limited research on Psychological health (exceptions: Luo & Waite 2005, Haas 2008, both using HRS)
  • 7. Research questions ? Do trajectories of wellbeing in later life differ according to accumulative socio-economic profiles? ? Divergence or convergence of wellbeing in later life (Dannefer 1988 , House, Kessler, Herzog et al. 1990) ?
  • 8. Data ? English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA) ¨C 5 Waves (2002-2010) ¨C Wave 1 :11000 participants aged 50+ ¨C Wave 5: 6200 core participants ¨C Refresher + Booster samples ? Available at ukds.co.uk
  • 9. Affective, Cognitive and Eudaimonic Wellbeing Depressive Symptoms (CES-D) (Radloff, 1977) -Felt depressed -Was happy -Could not get going -Enjoyed life -... Satisfaction With Life Scale (Diener, 1984) -In most ways my life is close to ideal -The conditions of my life are excellent -... CASP15 (Hyde et al, 2003) Control/Autonomy -I feel that what happens to me is out of control Pleasure -I enjoy the things that I do Self-Actualisation Yes/No Strongly agree to Strongly disagree (7 categories) Score from 0-8 Score from 5-35 -I choose to do things that I have never done before Often/Sometimes/Not often/Never Score from 4-45
  • 10. Life course trajectories ¨C Occupation of Parent (age 14) ¨C Educational level (age 20) ¨C Current/last occupation (age 50)
  • 11. Accumulation ? ? Restructure life course by advantaged/ disadvantaged social positions ¨C Lowest exposure ? 000 = Parent Managerial / Professional Class +High level of education + Self in Managerial/Professional Class ¨C Highest exposure ? 222 = Parent Routine and Manual Class + Low level of education + Self Routine and Manual Class > assumes difference between two classes is equivalent + same value for each point in time
  • 12. Some descriptives ? Most common trajectories: ¨C 222: always in the lowest category (23%) ¨C 221: low background, but middle class job (7%) ¨C 000: always in the highest category (6%) ? A lot of missing info on parental occupations (other jobs/something else = 21%) ? Recoded to three categories of similar size
  • 13. Growth curve models ? Ideally suited to describe change at the personal level ? Intercept (cross-sectional difference at W1) and slope (longitudinal evolution) ? Age-vector model: growth model based illustration of how a cohort (5y) changes over time ? Assumes Missing at Random(MAR)¡­
  • 15. Dealing with Attrition ? Selective drop-out : ¨C Related to outcome/trajectory? ¨C Related to differential mortality? ¨C Related to unobserved factor influencing both(eg. physical health) ? Use selection model (Diggle & Kenwood) and shared parameter model (Wu & Carrol) to compare findings
  • 18. Eudaimonic well-being men 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94
  • 19. Conclusions ? The life course accumulation has an effect on later life trajectories of well-being ? Strong diverging tendencies across cognitive, affective and eudaimonic aspects of wellbeing in third age ? Leveling off or converging in fourth age

Editor's Notes

  • #4: Hedonic wb is about pleasure and avoidance of painEudaimonc is about self-development and auonomy
  • #11: The dynamic processes of change over the life span (Elder 1995)
  • #15: Selection model : missingness can be related to value at t-1 (MAR) and also to value at t (NMAR)Shared parameter : Missingness dependent on trajectory