Life course, retirement and agency
University of Jyväskylä
The healthy ageing -sub study of the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study focuses on early life factors such as growth and development as determinants of later life health and functioning.
In the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS), the development of the same individuals (born in 1959) has been so far followed from age 8 to 61.
University of Tampere
The aim of this follow-up study is to study how work, work ability, transitioning into retirement and life style predict active aging, wellbeing in old age and need of care in old age.