Biomaterial Database

[Gainful employment and women in the 2nd half of life]. 2000

G Maier

Institut für Gerontologie, Heidelberg. Gabriele.Maier@urz.uni-heidelberg.de

The present study analyses gender-specific risks for women in the second half of their career, especially their labour force participation rate, the degree and quality of their vocational qualification, the risk of becoming unemployed, and their transition to retirement. The analysed data show that women obviously are at higher risks to participate in the labourforce throughout their biography. Therefore, strategies to improve the working conditions of female elderly workers should not only consist of age-specific policies, but of general practices in human resource development.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D005260	Female		Females
D005858	Germany	A country in central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark. The capital is Berlin.
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D012179	Retirement	The state of being retired from one's position or occupation.	Retirements
D012307	Risk Factors	An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent.	Health Correlates,Risk Factor Scores,Risk Scores,Social Risk Factors,Population at Risk,Populations at Risk,Correlates, Health,Factor, Risk,Factor, Social Risk,Factors, Social Risk,Risk Factor,Risk Factor Score,Risk Factor, Social,Risk Factors, Social,Risk Score,Score, Risk,Score, Risk Factor,Social Risk Factor
D012737	Sex Factors	Maleness or femaleness as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from SEX CHARACTERISTICS, anatomical or physiological manifestations of sex, and from SEX DISTRIBUTION, the number of males and females in given circumstances.	Factor, Sex,Factors, Sex,Sex Factor
D014478	Unemployment	The state of not being engaged in a gainful occupation.
D014931	Women, Working	Women who are engaged in gainful activities usually outside the home.	Working Women,Woman, Working,Working Woman