The Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; The Administrative Data Research Centre Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.
The Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Soc Sci Med. 2017 Sep;188:11-20. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.06.038. Epub 2017 Jun 29.
Whereas a great deal of literature has been devoted to investigating the link between intergenerational social mobility and health, the few studies that have examined the association between social mobility and life satisfaction have produced conflicting findings. In the present study, we attempt to rectify several shortcomings common to previous work by examining the association between intergenerational social mobility and both life satisfaction and self-rated health as measured in later-life. Our sample consisted of individuals born in Scotland in 1936, who took part in the Scottish Mental Survey 1947 and were subsequently followed-up into later-life. Regression analyses demonstrated that satisfaction with life at age 78 was not significantly predicted by childhood or adulthood socioeconomic status, or by the amount of social mobility experienced from parental occupational social class. In contrast, self-rated health at age 78 was significantly predicted by adult socioeconomic status and by education, but not by social mobility from parental occupational social class. These results suggest that efforts to promote upwards social mobility may not result in better subjective wellbeing, despite the apparent benefits for health.
尽管大量文献致力于研究代际社会流动与健康之间的联系，但少数研究社会流动与生活满意度之间关系的研究得出了相互矛盾的结论。在本研究中，我们试图通过考察代际社会流动与生活满意度和自评健康之间的关系来纠正以往研究中的几个缺陷，这些研究是在晚年进行的。我们的样本由 1936 年出生在苏格兰的个人组成，他们参加了 1947 年的苏格兰精神调查，并在随后的晚年进行了随访。回归分析表明，78 岁时的生活满意度与童年或成年期的社会经济地位，或父母职业社会阶层经历的社会流动量没有显著关系。相比之下，78 岁时的自评健康与成年期的社会经济地位和教育显著相关，但与父母职业社会阶层的社会流动无关。这些结果表明，尽管对健康有明显的好处，但促进向上的社会流动的努力可能不会导致更好的主观幸福感。
