Non-standard family histories and wellbeing at older ages

The life course approach emphasizes that health and wellbeing at older ages are influenced by experiences occurred in the previous stages of life. We contribute to the literature by focusing on the role of the non- standardness of family histories and argue that individuals who experienced non-stand...

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Autores: Arpino, Bruno, Gumà, Jordi, Julià Cano, Albert
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
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Palavra-chave:Esterilitat
Envelliment de la població
Infertility
Population aging
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spelling Non-standard family histories and wellbeing at older agesArpino, BrunoGumà, JordiJulià Cano, AlbertEsterilitatEnvelliment de la poblacióInfertilityPopulation agingThe life course approach emphasizes that health and wellbeing at older ages are influenced by experiences occurred in the previous stages of life. We contribute to the literature by focusing on the role of the non- standardness of family histories and argue that individuals who experienced non-standard trajectories have been exposed to social sanctions throughout their life course with negative long-term consequences on wellbeing. In our study, non-standardness of family histories is the extent an individual’s family history differs from those of the others within reference groups, defined combining birth cohort, gender and country of residence. Family histories between age of 15 and 49 are analyzed using Sequence Analysis, thus accounting for events related to fertility and union formation (marriage and cohabitation) and dissolution, and their timing. Dissimilarities between family sequences are measured using optimal matching and are standardized within the reference groups. We use retrospective data from the seventh wave of the Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and estimate linear regression models to assess the association between non-standardness of family histories and older people’s life satisfaction. Quality of life and depressive symptoms are examined in additional analyses. A negative association is found between non-standardness of family histories and wellbeing, which is stronger for lower educated individuals and in Southern European countries. Results are consistent with the idea that uncommon family behaviors may have a long-term negative effect on wellbeing. Individual resources and a more tolerant societal context can reduce or eliminate the negative consequences of engaging in non-standard family behaviors.Elsevier Ltd2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/213120Articles publicats en revistes (Sociologia)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116350Social Science & Medicine, 2023, vol. 338https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116350cc-by (c) Arpino et al., 2023http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/2131202026-05-27T06:46:51Z
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title Non-standard family histories and wellbeing at older ages
spellingShingle Non-standard family histories and wellbeing at older ages
Arpino, Bruno
Esterilitat
Envelliment de la població
Infertility
Population aging
title_short Non-standard family histories and wellbeing at older ages
title_full Non-standard family histories and wellbeing at older ages
title_fullStr Non-standard family histories and wellbeing at older ages
title_full_unstemmed Non-standard family histories and wellbeing at older ages
title_sort Non-standard family histories and wellbeing at older ages
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Arpino, Bruno
Gumà, Jordi
Julià Cano, Albert
author Arpino, Bruno
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Gumà, Jordi
Julià Cano, Albert
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Julià Cano, Albert
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Esterilitat
Envelliment de la població
Infertility
Population aging
topic Esterilitat
Envelliment de la població
Infertility
Population aging
description The life course approach emphasizes that health and wellbeing at older ages are influenced by experiences occurred in the previous stages of life. We contribute to the literature by focusing on the role of the non- standardness of family histories and argue that individuals who experienced non-standard trajectories have been exposed to social sanctions throughout their life course with negative long-term consequences on wellbeing. In our study, non-standardness of family histories is the extent an individual’s family history differs from those of the others within reference groups, defined combining birth cohort, gender and country of residence. Family histories between age of 15 and 49 are analyzed using Sequence Analysis, thus accounting for events related to fertility and union formation (marriage and cohabitation) and dissolution, and their timing. Dissimilarities between family sequences are measured using optimal matching and are standardized within the reference groups. We use retrospective data from the seventh wave of the Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and estimate linear regression models to assess the association between non-standardness of family histories and older people’s life satisfaction. Quality of life and depressive symptoms are examined in additional analyses. A negative association is found between non-standardness of family histories and wellbeing, which is stronger for lower educated individuals and in Southern European countries. Results are consistent with the idea that uncommon family behaviors may have a long-term negative effect on wellbeing. Individual resources and a more tolerant societal context can reduce or eliminate the negative consequences of engaging in non-standard family behaviors.
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