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Participation in formal learning activities of older Europeans in poor and good health
Little attention has been given to the involvement in formal learning activities (FLA) in the older population when considering different health statuses. The aim of this study is to explore the extent to which possible predictors (derived from previous research as well as a conceptual model) of FLA...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4902828/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27358603 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10433-016-0371-6 |
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author | Golinowska, Stanisława Sowa, Agnieszka Deeg, Dorly Socci, Marco Principi, Andrea Rodrigues, Ricardo Ilinca, Stefania Galenkamp, Henrike |
author_facet | Golinowska, Stanisława Sowa, Agnieszka Deeg, Dorly Socci, Marco Principi, Andrea Rodrigues, Ricardo Ilinca, Stefania Galenkamp, Henrike |
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description | Little attention has been given to the involvement in formal learning activities (FLA) in the older population when considering different health statuses. The aim of this study is to explore the extent to which possible predictors (derived from previous research as well as a conceptual model) of FLA differ for older people in poor and good health. Data are used from SHARE 2010/2011 for the 50+ populations in 16 European countries. Poor health is defined as self-report of having two or more chronic diseases assessed by a medical doctor, i.e. multimorbidity. Possible predictors of learning activities represent individual characteristics: functional limitations, demography (age, gender, marital status and household size), human capital (achieved level of education), employment, income and participation in other social activities. To assess the predictors of FLA, logistic regression models are used and average marginal estimates are compared across groups. In addition to multimorbidity, labour market activity is used as a grouping variable. The average participation of individuals in the group with multimorbidity was nearly 50 % lower than that in the group in good health (6.5 vs. 13.3 %). Regardless of multimorbidity, human capital proved to be significant predictors of FLA, especially in those active on the labour market. However, the associations were weaker in the multimorbidity group. Also, significant associations were observed of other types of social activities, in particular cultural and leisure activity and volunteering, with FLA. This study suggests that similar factors are predictors of FLA in older people with and without multimorbidity. |
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spelling | pubmed-49028282016-06-27 Participation in formal learning activities of older Europeans in poor and good health Golinowska, Stanisława Sowa, Agnieszka Deeg, Dorly Socci, Marco Principi, Andrea Rodrigues, Ricardo Ilinca, Stefania Galenkamp, Henrike Eur J Ageing Original Investigation Little attention has been given to the involvement in formal learning activities (FLA) in the older population when considering different health statuses. The aim of this study is to explore the extent to which possible predictors (derived from previous research as well as a conceptual model) of FLA differ for older people in poor and good health. Data are used from SHARE 2010/2011 for the 50+ populations in 16 European countries. Poor health is defined as self-report of having two or more chronic diseases assessed by a medical doctor, i.e. multimorbidity. Possible predictors of learning activities represent individual characteristics: functional limitations, demography (age, gender, marital status and household size), human capital (achieved level of education), employment, income and participation in other social activities. To assess the predictors of FLA, logistic regression models are used and average marginal estimates are compared across groups. In addition to multimorbidity, labour market activity is used as a grouping variable. The average participation of individuals in the group with multimorbidity was nearly 50 % lower than that in the group in good health (6.5 vs. 13.3 %). Regardless of multimorbidity, human capital proved to be significant predictors of FLA, especially in those active on the labour market. However, the associations were weaker in the multimorbidity group. Also, significant associations were observed of other types of social activities, in particular cultural and leisure activity and volunteering, with FLA. This study suggests that similar factors are predictors of FLA in older people with and without multimorbidity. Springer Netherlands 2016-04-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4902828/ /pubmed/27358603 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10433-016-0371-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Original Investigation Golinowska, Stanisława Sowa, Agnieszka Deeg, Dorly Socci, Marco Principi, Andrea Rodrigues, Ricardo Ilinca, Stefania Galenkamp, Henrike Participation in formal learning activities of older Europeans in poor and good health |
title | Participation in formal learning activities of older Europeans in poor and good health |
title_full | Participation in formal learning activities of older Europeans in poor and good health |
title_fullStr | Participation in formal learning activities of older Europeans in poor and good health |
title_full_unstemmed | Participation in formal learning activities of older Europeans in poor and good health |
title_short | Participation in formal learning activities of older Europeans in poor and good health |
title_sort | participation in formal learning activities of older europeans in poor and good health |
topic | Original Investigation |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4902828/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27358603 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10433-016-0371-6 |
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