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Older Women, Work and HealthOlder Women, Work and Health: reviewing the evidence published by TAEN and Help the Aged highlights the paucity of studies exploring the links between the work and health of older women, despite their increasing participation in the labour market. The majority of studies focus on the male workforce and on the mid-age group of workers (25-49 year olds). The factors affecting the health and wellbeing of older working women include levels of income, occupational status and concentration in certain professions and types of work, pension arrangements (or lack of them) and domestic and caring responsibilities. Women are more likely than their male counterparts to report work-related stress and are more likely to have musculo -skeletal problems. The authors Lesley Doyal and Sarah Payne of the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol conclude that greater commitment to age and gender equality is needed in occupational health research, in the organisation of work, in health interventions in the workplace and in the framing of wider social policy if the needs of older working women are to be met. A copy of the report is available from the TAEN website www.taen.org.uk/resources/health
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