The life course effects of socioeconomic status on later life loneliness: The role of gender and ethnicity

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dc.citation.volume71
dc.contributor.authorSzabó Á
dc.contributor.authorStephens C
dc.contributor.authorBreheny M
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-04T19:29:02Z
dc.date.available2024-11-04T19:29:02Z
dc.date.issued2024-09-07
dc.description.abstractPrecursors of loneliness include individual risk factors and experiences of social exclusion. Using the New Zealand Health Work and Retirement Life Course History Study, we investigated the impact of unequal access to material resources across the life course (from age 10 to present) on late life emotional and social loneliness and the moderating effects of gender and Māori ethnicity (indigenous population of Aotearoa/New Zealand) in 613 adults aged 65 to 81 years. Childhood and adult life socioeconomic status (SES) negatively predicted late life emotional and social loneliness, but their effects disappeared after controlling for late life SES, suggesting a mediation effect. Education was also a significant predictor; however, it exerted different effects on social (positive) and emotional (negative) loneliness. Education's effect was moderated by gender, indicating a protective effect for emotional and an exacerbating effect for social loneliness in men. These findings suggest that lifelong exclusion from material resources is a risk factor for late life loneliness.
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dc.edition.editionDecember 2024
dc.identifier.citationSzabó Á, Stephens C, Breheny M. (2024). The life course effects of socioeconomic status on later life loneliness: The role of gender and ethnicity. Journal of Aging Studies. 71.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101263
dc.identifier.eissn1879-193X
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn0890-4065
dc.identifier.number101263
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/71902
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherElsevier Inc.
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0890406524000586
dc.relation.isPartOfJournal of Aging Studies
dc.rights(c) 2024 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectAgeing
dc.subjectLoneliness
dc.subjectLife-course
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectEthnicity
dc.subjectInequalities
dc.titleThe life course effects of socioeconomic status on later life loneliness: The role of gender and ethnicity
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id491544
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