Income Trajectories and Subjective Well-Being: Linking Administrative Records and Survey Data

Schöllgen, Ina; Kersten, Norbert; Rose, Uwe

doi:10.3390/ijerph16234779

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“…The response rate at wave 1 was 27.3% (RR5 according to AAPOR [17], counting complete cases only) and the cooperation rate was 32.6% (COOP3 according to AAPOR [17], excluding those unable to do an interview from the base) which is similar to that of other German surveys of comparable study design [e.g. [18,19]. In all instances, the samples are representative for the socially insured working population of the respective age cohort in 2009, when the sample was randomly drawn [20][21][22].…”

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Work profiles of older employees in Germany-results from the lidA-cohort study

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Background This study investigates whether a typology of work exposure can be established among older workers in Germany. Work exposure comprises physical work, working time quality, work intensity, skills & discretion, social environment, leadership, continued education, earnings and work prospects. Methods Latent profile analysis was conducted on a representative sample of the socially insured workforce in Germany born in 1959 or 1965 (N = 6277). Seven year-prospective associations between the typology and work-related outcomes (physical and mental health, work ability and work-privacy-conflict) were investigated to establish the distinctness of the profiles. Results Five profiles were identified: “Poor Quality” (19%), “Relaxed Manuals” (30%), “Strained non-Manuals” (16%), “Smooth Running” (33%) and “High Flying” (3%). These profiles exhibited diverging patterns of association with the selected outcomes, thus representing qualitatively distinct subgroups of older workers in Germany. Conclusions We conclude that a typological approach may broaden the understanding of the ageing work force and the complex interplay of the overall work situation with outcomes of high individual and social relevance such as health, work ability and employment. The five work profiles identified in this study may constitute crucial clusters needed to reliably mirror today’s over-all work exposure patterns in the older work force in Germany. They may allow for the comprehensible monitoring of quality of work and personal life among the older work force during their last working years and their transition to retirement in current times of extending working lives.

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“…Specifically, we consider various aspects of income trajectories on health outcomes including, stability in income position , calculated as the average of equivalized and inflation-adjusted household after-tax income. A similar approach has been employed in extant literature to assess the effects of income stability on both subjective and objective health outcomes (see Benzeval & Judge, 2001 ; Davillas et al, 2019 ; Frech & Damaske, 2019 ; Miething & Aberg Yngwe, 2014 ; Schollgen et al, 2019 ).…”

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“…Although current income level and distribution are well-established causes of inequalities in the distribution of health and wellbeing status, there is supporting evidence that income measures based on more extended periods are better indicators of economic status ( Benzeval & Judge, 2001 ). Moreover, both downward and upward trends in individual or household income are better predictors of health outcomes ( Frech & Damaske, 2019 ; Schollgen, Kersten, & Rose, 2019 ). In addition, health and wellbeing are sometimes less sensitive to temporary fluctuations, including short periods of hardships, unemployment spells, and small changes in nominal incomes ( Davillas, Jones, & Benzeval, 2019 ).…”

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Income trajectories and self-rated health status in the UK

Akanni

Lenhart

Morton

2022

SSM - Population Health

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In line with the wide recognition of the connection between socioeconomic status and health outcomes, attention in the recent literature is extending the static perspective to the dynamic implications of income on health. This study contributes to the growing literature on the income-health nexus by evaluating income dynamics on various self-rated health measures in the UK. We explore the impact of different indicators of income experiences on self-rated health and wellbeing outcomes using data from the 11 Waves of Understanding Society UK Household Longitudinal Study between 2009 and 2019. First, we estimate a fixed-effects ordered logit model for various health and wellbeing measures, allowing us to control for unobserved time-invariant heterogeneity. Second, we evaluate the effects of income trajectories by linking longitudinal household income to cross-sectional health outcomes. Our results confirm the general evidence of positive impacts of increasing family income on health. Besides, we find that stability in income position is strongly associated with improved health and wellbeing. On the other hand, income volatility increases the odds of reporting poor health outcomes, particularly for those in low-income households. Also, more years spent in a lower-income quartile reduces the odds of reporting improved self-rated health. Finally, the significant difference in the estimated effects of income before and after 2016 highlights the significant shifts in the effects of income trajectories on self-reported health and wellbeing following the National Living Wage policy implementation.

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“…[1][2][3][4][5][6]). Most of these studies are cross-sectional and therefore incapable of addressing health-related issues pertaining to income dynamics over timea topic of growing research and public health interest [7][8][9][10][11]. In this study we investigated how stability, volatility and trajectory in incomes over a decade predicted two health outcomes: fair/poor self-rated health and the presence of a longstanding illness or health problem.…”

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Family income and health in Canada: a longitudinal study of stability and change

Vanzella‐Yang

Veenstra

2021

BMC Public Health

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Background Extensive research has shown strong associations between income and health. However, the health effects of income dynamics over time are less known. We investigated how stability, volatility and trajectory in family incomes from 2002 to 2011 predicted (1) fair/poor self-rated health and (2) the presence of a longstanding illness or health problem in 2012. Methods The data came from the 2012 wave of the Longitudinal and International Study of Adults linked to annual family income data for 2002 to 2011 from the Canada Revenue Agency. We executed a series of binary logistic regressions to examine associations between health and average family income over the decade (Model 1), number of years in the bottom quartile (Model 2) and top quartile (Model 3) of family incomes, standard deviation of family incomes (Model 4), absolute difference between family income at the end and start of the period (Model 5), and number of years in which inflation-adjusted family income went down by more than 1% (Model 6) and up by more than 1% (Model 7) from 1 year to the next. The analyses were conducted separately for women and men. Results Average family income over the decade was strongly associated with both self-rated health and the presence of a longstanding illness or health problem. More years spent in the bottom quartile of family incomes corresponded to elevated odds of fair/poor self-rated health and the presence of a longstanding illness or health problem. Steady decreases in family income over the decade corresponded to elevated odds of fair/poor self-rated health for men and more years spent in the top quartile of family incomes over the decade corresponded to elevated odds of fair/poor self-rated health for women. Conclusion Previous studies of the association between family income and health in Canada may have overlooked important issues pertaining to family income stability and change that are impactful for health.

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Income Trajectories and Subjective Well-Being: Linking Administrative Records and Survey Data

Cited by 7 publications

References 39 publications

Work profiles of older employees in Germany-results from the lidA-cohort study

Work profiles of older employees in Germany-results from the lidA-cohort study

Income trajectories and self-rated health status in the UK

Family income and health in Canada: a longitudinal study of stability and change

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