[Female life courses and health--results of a study of national survey data of 50-69-year-old women in East and West Germany].
The aim of the study was to examine the impact of different forms of combining family and paid work on the health status of women. The study was a secondary analysis of cross-sectional data from the National Health Survey and included 1530 women, aged 50 to 69 years, from East and West Germany. Three groups were composed to describe different forms of family and occupation in the life course (family or occupational career, combination of family and occupation). Additionally, aspects of the social situation, resources and burdens as well as indicators of health behaviour were included in the analyses. The most remarkable result was a significantly worse state of health of employed and childless women (occupational career), aged 50 to 59 years. This finding remained after adjustment for different potential factors of influence. Considering the increasing proportion of women without children in modern societies, longitudinal analyses would be necessary to investigate the long term effect of familial and occupational factors on the health status of women.
Bammann
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Bremer Institut für Präventionsforschung und Sozialmedizin (BIPS), Bremen. bammann@bips.uni-bremen.de
Babitsch
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B
Jahn
I
I
Maschewsky-Schneider
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U
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D002321:Career Choice; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D017533:Marital Status; D008875:Middle Aged; D016487:Parenting
Weibliche Lebensverläufe und Gesundheit--Ergebnisse einer Untersuchung nationaler Surveydaten 50-69jähriger Frauen aus Ost- und Westdeutschland.