Factors affecting poverty trajectories in old age : first results from a Swiss five-year follow-up study

Gabriel, Rainer; Kubat, Sonja; Adili, Kushtrim; Oris, Michel

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dc.contributor.author	Gabriel, Rainer	-
dc.contributor.author	Kubat, Sonja	-
dc.contributor.author	Adili, Kushtrim	-
dc.contributor.author	Oris, Michel	-
dc.date.accessioned	2019-06-14T08:55:02Z	-
dc.date.available	2019-06-14T08:55:02Z	-
dc.date.issued	2019	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/17263	-
dc.description.abstract	Our contribution focuses on studying poverty-trajectories in old age from an interdisciplinary life course perspective. We will assess what (1) role psychological resources, (2) early and late-life socio-economic position (SEP) and (3) people’s life course play on poverty dynamics in old age. Particular interest will be given to people’s life course after the age of retirement: Whether they have moved geographically, whether they have experienced any major health issues or whether they have taken up, or ceased an economic activity. In addition, we are also interested in how these elements are related back to SEP and psychological resources in the first place. The theoretical framing of our work is given by the ongoing debate in poverty research whether the “traditional” dynamics of social stratification still apply. The underlying hypothesis for this question being that, in highly de-standardized and individualized societies, it is no longer people’s socio-economic position but above all the experience of critical life events - such as having experienced a divorce, the loss of a partner or having had children very early in the life course – that is the root cause of poverty. The relevance of this hypothesis for pensioners in Switzerland has been tested before but only using cross-sectional data. It revealed that, among people in Switzerland born between 1900 and 1945, the main poverty dynamics are (still) related to social stratification. However, this previous study had the limitations of not being able to characterize poverty in terms of trajectories: whether it is structural or whether it fluctuates like in the professionally active population. Moreover, it did not look at the psychological factors such as personality traits or mental health; and neither did it consider the interlinkage between such psychological factors, SEP and the occurrence of life events. Using data from the gerontological survey “Vivre-Leben-Vivere” (VLV) which was conducted in 2011 as well as the five-year follow up in 2016, we will extend our previous research and we will assess how participant’s financial situation – operationalized in a binary poor vs. non-poor logic – has evolved between the two time-points. Mainly using logistic regression analysis and moderation analyses, we will test how socio-economic position in early and late adulthood, psychological resources and the experience of life events or specific life trajectories are associated with poverty-trajectories in old age. Our results will contribute to the discussion regarding the mechanisms of old-age poverty and hopefully will provide insight that is relevant beyond the specific socio-political setting of Switzerland.	de_CH
dc.language.iso	en	de_CH
dc.rights	Not specified	de_CH
dc.subject	Aging	de_CH
dc.subject	Poverty	de_CH
dc.subject	Stratification	de_CH
dc.subject.ddc	361: Sozialarbeit und Sozialhilfe	de_CH
dc.title	Factors affecting poverty trajectories in old age : first results from a Swiss five-year follow-up study	de_CH
dc.type	Konferenz: Sonstiges	de_CH
dcterms.type	Text	de_CH
zhaw.departement	Soziale Arbeit	de_CH
zhaw.organisationalunit	Institut für Vielfalt und gesellschaftliche Teilhabe (IVGT)	de_CH
zhaw.conference.details	The Dynamics of Inequality Across the Life-course (DIAL), Turku, Finland, 7 June 2019	de_CH
zhaw.funding.eu	No	de_CH
zhaw.originated.zhaw	Yes	de_CH
zhaw.publication.status	publishedVersion	de_CH
zhaw.publication.review	Peer review (Abstract)	de_CH
zhaw.funding.zhaw	Having Little in a Land of Plenty: Economic Vulnerability in Old Age in Switzerland (EVOAS)	de_CH
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Gabriel, R., Kubat, S., Adili, K., & Oris, M. (2019). Factors affecting poverty trajectories in old age : first results from a Swiss five-year follow-up study. The Dynamics of Inequality across the Life-Course (DIAL), Turku, Finland, 7 June 2019.

Gabriel, R. et al. (2019) ‘Factors affecting poverty trajectories in old age : first results from a Swiss five-year follow-up study’, in The Dynamics of Inequality Across the Life-course (DIAL), Turku, Finland, 7 June 2019.

R. Gabriel, S. Kubat, K. Adili, and M. Oris, “Factors affecting poverty trajectories in old age : first results from a Swiss five-year follow-up study,” in The Dynamics of Inequality Across the Life-course (DIAL), Turku, Finland, 7 June 2019, 2019.

GABRIEL, Rainer, Sonja KUBAT, Kushtrim ADILI und Michel ORIS, 2019. Factors affecting poverty trajectories in old age : first results from a Swiss five-year follow-up study. In: The Dynamics of Inequality Across the Life-course (DIAL), Turku, Finland, 7 June 2019. Conference presentation. 2019

Gabriel, Rainer, Sonja Kubat, Kushtrim Adili, and Michel Oris. 2019. “Factors Affecting Poverty Trajectories in Old Age : First Results from a Swiss Five-Year Follow-up Study.” Conference presentation. In The Dynamics of Inequality across the Life-Course (DIAL), Turku, Finland, 7 June 2019.

Gabriel, Rainer, et al. “Factors Affecting Poverty Trajectories in Old Age : First Results from a Swiss Five-Year Follow-up Study.” The Dynamics of Inequality across the Life-Course (DIAL), Turku, Finland, 7 June 2019, 2019.