Marshall, A and Norman, P (2013) Geographies of the impact of retirement on health in the United Kingdom. Health and Place, 20. 1 - 12. ISSN 1353-8292
Abstract
This paper explores how the impact of retirement on self-assessed illness varies spatially across the UK. Curves of age-specific limiting long term illness rates reveal a 'retirement kink'-where the rise in illness rates with age slows or declines at retirement age indicating possible health improvement after retirement. The kink is negligible in the affluent South East and most prominent in the coalfield and former industrial districts. It is likely that the kink is attributable to hidden unemployment and health-related selective migration but additionally that in certain areas retirement is associated with improvements in self-assessed health.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2013, Elsevier. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Health and Place. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Retirement; Self-assessed health; Health inequality; Population ageing; UK; Limiting long term illness |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 21 Nov 2013 11:04 |
Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2014 02:47 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.11.00... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.11.004 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:76870 |