There is a rapid growth in published knowledge about different aspects of age and aging. While this is highly welcome, it becomes increasingly difficult to keep up even with the main insights provided by this literature. Our review thus aims to provide a compact overview of current social...

In dieser Studie wird untersucht, inwieweit die Lebensbedingungen in der Kindheit und das Ausmaß sozialer Ungleichheit die individuelle Chance beeinflussen, erfolgreich, das heißt gesund und aktiv, zu altern. Europaweite Daten, die im Rahmen der SHARELängsschnittstudie erhoben wurden,...

This study investigates the role of childhood conditions and societal context in older Europeans’ propensity to age successfully, controlling for later life risk factors. Successful aging was assessed following Rowe and Kahn’s conceptualization, using baseline interviews from the first two...