Education, cumulative advantage, and health

Article Abstract:

The dormancy and rebirth of American interest in the relationship of health to socioeconomic status and the large old-age differences in health across levels of education that develop over adulthood is discussed. It is argued that the health advantages or disadvantages accumulate over a lifetime and do not recede in old age.

United Kingdom, Canada, Health aspects, Evaluation, Influence, Americans, Health education

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Objective neighborhood properties and perceptions of neighborhood problems: Using a geographic information system (GIS) in neighborhood effects and aging research

Article Abstract:

Explication of the relationship between objective neighborhood properties and perceptions of neighborhood problems (PNP) are analyzed. Results show that the contextual aggregation of neighborhood properties matters relative to the magnitude, significance and directions of neighborhood effects.

Economic aspects, Surveys, Poverty, Neighborhood government, Neighbourhood government

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Late-life widowhood in the United States: new directions in research and theory

Article Abstract:

Research states that, widowhood is a multi-faceted transition and that its personal consequences are contingent upon macro social conditions. To prove this, implications for policy, practice, and future research are discussed.

Psychological aspects, Aged women, Elderly women, Widowhood

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