Health Sciences 2711A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Norm (Social), Civic Engagement, Retirement Planning

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2711A/B
• Professor: Stephen Lin

Document Summary

Agency; individual decision-making: enter/stay in labour force, have children and return to labour force (for women, timing: when to retire, partners" situation, enough income to retire, retire due to health reasons. Structured social: work-family policy (maternal/paternal leave, labour market condition. Incentives through work to stay/leave? relations: government policy, globalization, economy, economy, political climate, social norm (65+) Relevant theoretical perspectives: life course perspective, building biographies through decisions (work conditions health, linked lived (e. g. , quality of relationship health, political economy, critical, and feminist perspectives relate to: Aging lecture 5 notes work, retirement, and health + the social inclusion of older adults: outdated, work history influences: Income and savings; financial security: living environment and neighbourhood, social status, lifestyle, *in turn, influences health, cumulative advantage/disadvantage applies. Increase in lfp of women of all ages, except old (65+) Inequalities prior to retirement have cumulative effects: cumulative advantage/disadvantage in health.