Xue, Baowen;
King, Markus;
Deindl, Christian;
Lacey, Rebecca;
Di Gessa, Giorgio;
McMunn, Anne;
(2024)
Do Health and Well-Being Change Around the Transition to Informal Caring in Early Adulthood? A Longitudinal Comparison Between the United Kingdom and Germany.
Journal of Adolescent Health
10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.11.398.
(In press).
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Abstract
Purpose: Providing care in early adulthood may have long-term consequences, given the importance of this life stage for life-course transitions. This study aimed to analyze how the transition into caring during young adulthood (17–29 years old) influenced health and life satisfaction in the United Kingdom and Germany. // Methods: Datasets were from 10 annual waves of the UK Household Longitudinal Study and the German Socioeconomic Panel between the years 2009–2018. We used propensity score matching to match young adult carers (YACs) to similar noncarers to address the endogeneity of unpaid care provision. Then we applied piecewise growth curves to observe changes in self-rated health (United Kingdom N = 2,851; Germany N = 454) and life satisfaction (United Kingdom N = 2,263; Germany N = 449) between YAC and noncarers before, during, and after the onset of care. We assessed carer status, weekly hours spent on care, and duration of care. // Results: In the United Kingdom, life satisfaction decreased and the probability of reporting poor health increased after becoming a YAC, particularly for those who reported caring for more weekly hours. However, no such differences were found between YAC and noncarers in Germany. // Discussion: The onset and intensity of caring responsibilities during early adulthood influenced health and life satisfaction in the United Kingdom but not in Germany. One possible interpretation for these differences may be attributed to the different welfare contexts in which YACs are providing informal care. Our results highlight the importance of identifying and supporting the needs of young adults who are providing informal care while making key life-course transitions.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Do Health and Well-Being Change Around the Transition to Informal Caring in Early Adulthood? A Longitudinal Comparison Between the United Kingdom and Germany |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.11.398 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.11.398 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2023 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Germany; Health; Life satisfaction; Propensity score matching; UK; Young adult carers |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10185522 |
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