Volume 25 - Article 12 | Pages 407–436
Occupational inequalities in health expectancies in France in the early 2000s: Unequal chances of reaching and living retirement in good health
| Date received: | 05 Jan 2011 |
| Date published: | 09 Aug 2011 |
| Word count: | 6580 |
| Keywords: | disability, France, health expectancies, occupational differentials, older working ages, social inequality |
| DOI: | 10.4054/DemRes.2011.25.12 |
Abstract
Increasing life expectancy (LE) raises expectations for social participation at later ages. We computed health expectancies (HE) to assess the (un)equal chances of social/work participation after age 50 in the context of France in 2003. We considered five HEs, covering various health situations which can jeopardize participation, and focused on both older ages and the pre-retirement period. HEs reveal large inequalities for both sexes in the chances of remaining healthy after retirement, and also of reaching retirement age in good health and without disability, especially in low-qualified occupations. These results challenge the policy expectation of an overall increase in social participation at later ages.
Author's Affiliation
Emmanuelle Cambois - Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED), France
Caroline Laborde - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), France
Isabelle Romieu - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), France
Jean-Marie Robine - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), France
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