Different groups of people act in different ways that may affect their health. This may be explained by two mechanisms. Whereas the causation mechanism suggests that people’s socio-economic and socio-demographic positions cause changes in health behaviors, the selection mechanism states that those who behave unhealthily sort into certain socio-economic and socio-demographic positions. In this project, we try to understand these mechanisms by studying what impact life-course transitions, such as divorcing or becoming unemployed, have on health behaviors. We use longitudinal data from the Lifelines study to investigate how life-course transitions impact health behaviors alongside more stable socio-economic characteristics.
Life-course transitions, socio-economic status and health behaviours
Theme:
Families & Generations
Publications
- Mangot-Sala, L., Tran, K.A., Smidt, N., Liefbroer, A.C. (2022), The impact of the COVID lockdown on alcohol consumption in the Netherlands; the role of living arrangements and social isolation. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 233: 109349.
- Mangot-Sala, L., Smidt, N., Liefbroer, A.C. (2021), The association between unemployment trajectories and alcohol consumption patterns. Evidence from a large prospective cohort in The Netherlands. Advances in Life Course Research 50: 100434.
- Runge, K., Zon, S.K.R. van, Bültmann, U., Henkens, K. (2021), Metabolic syndrome incidence in an aging workforce: Occupational differences and the role of health behaviors. SSM - Population Health 15: 100881.