1 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
2 Institute on Aging, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
J Aging Health. 2019 Jan;31(1):37-66. doi: 10.1177/0898264317721824. Epub 2017 Aug 6.
Wives increasingly outearn their husbands, and gender relations theory suggests this arrangement may undermine men's well-being. We explore how long-term histories of spousal breadwinning may be associated with older men's self-rated mental and physical health, and risk of nine health diagnoses.
Using 30 years of couple-level income data from the Health and Retirement Study ( n = 1,095 couples), we use latent class analyses to identify six classes that differ with respect to the timing and level of wife breadwinning. We link these classes to older husbands' later-life health.
Classes that transitioned from husband breadwinning to wife breadwinning in early or later adulthood were associated with husbands' poorer overall physical health and risk of cardiometabolic and stress-related diseases. Patterns persist net of sociodemographics, depressive symptoms, health behaviors, and adolescent health.
Violating cultural expectations, such as the masculinity ideal of male breadwinning, is associated with older men's poorer health.
妻子的收入越来越超过丈夫，而性别关系理论表明，这种安排可能会损害男性的幸福感。我们探讨了配偶长期以来的收入差异如何与老年男性的自评心理健康和九种健康诊断的风险相关。
利用健康与退休研究（n=1095 对夫妇）中的 30 年夫妻收入数据，我们使用潜在类别分析来识别六个类别的差异，这些类别涉及妻子收入在何时以及何种水平上超过丈夫。我们将这些类别与老年丈夫的晚年健康联系起来。
在成年早期或晚期从丈夫养家糊口转变为妻子养家糊口的类别与丈夫整体身体健康状况较差以及患心血管代谢和与压力相关疾病的风险相关。即使考虑了社会人口统计学、抑郁症状、健康行为和青少年健康等因素，这些模式仍然存在。
违反文化期望，如男性养家糊口的男性气概理想，与老年男性的健康状况较差有关。
