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Carragher  \nDundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland  \n7KH FKDQJLQJ VRFLDO DQG HFRQRPLF ODQGVFDSH DFURVV (XURSHDQ 0HPE HU 6WDWHV DQG EH\\RQG KDV KDG D GLVSURSRUWLRQDWH H̆HFW RQ ROGHU DGXOWV􀀑 1RZKHUH LV WKLV PRUH NHHQO\\ IHOW WKDQ DPRQJ WKH ³EX̆HU JHQHUDWLRQ´  \nRIPHQ FDXJKW EHWZHHQ WKH VLOHQW􀀏 VWURQJ􀀏 DXVWHUH PDVFXOLQLW\\ RI  \ntheir forefathers and contemporary society—progressive, open and LQGLYLGXDOLVWLF 􀀋:\\OOLH HW DO􀀑􀀏 􀀕􀀓􀀔􀀕􀀌􀀑 ,Q PRVW FRXQWULHV􀀏 PHQ K DYH VKRUWHUOLIH H[SHFWDQFLHV WKDQ ZRPHQ DQG KLJKHU PRUWDOLW\\ UDWHVIURP PR VW FRPPRQ FDXVHV RIGHDWK􀀑 7KLV LPEDODQFH DULVHV IURP LVVXHV EURDG HU WKDQ GLVHDVH UHODWHG PRUWDOLW\\􀀏 ZLWK SRVW􀀐LQGXVWULDO VRFLHW\\ VH HQ WRKDYH UHGXFHG RSSRUWXQLWLHVIRU PHQ ZLWK UHJDUG WR ZRUN DQGIXOO WLPH employment, further compounded by dispositional barriers to learning 􀀋(XURSHDQ &RPPLVVLRQ􀀏 􀀕􀀓􀀔􀀔􀀌􀀑 7KLVSDSHUSUHVHQWV ¿QGLQJVIURP D PL[HG PHWKRGV VWXG\\ RI 􀀕􀀜􀀚 ROGHU PHQSDUWLFLSDWLQJ LQ FRPPXQLW\\ 􀀐 based Men’s Sheds in Ireland and particularly explores the 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The study highlightshow women had a longer life expectancy than men throughout the period from 1970 to 2010, having increased from 61.2 to 73.3 years, whereas male life expectancy rose from 56.4 to 67.5 years. The European Commission’s report on 7KH 6WDWH RI 0HQ¶V +HDOWK LQ (XURSH (EC, 2011) GUDZV DWWHQWLRQ WR PDUNHG JHQGHU GLIIHUHQFHV LQ KHDOWK ZKLFK FRQ¿UP that men’s health disadvantage is not simply biological but also shaped by culture and socioeconomic conditions. It argues that the strong gendered dimension around lifestyle choices and risky behaviours of some men which increase their risk of ill health relative to women must be seen within the context of economic, social, environmental and cultural factors. In all Member States, men who live in poorer material and social conditions are more likely to smoke, eat less healthily, exercise less, be overweight/obese, consume more alcohol, engage in substance abuse, and have more risky sexual behaviour. Gendered patterns were also found for depression and other mental health problems, with women much more likely to acknowledge problems and seek help and men more reluctant to discuss problems and less likely to ask for help. One consequence of this is that, although more women in Europe are diagnosed with depression and anxiety, more men commit suicide and engage in behaviours which are detrimental to their health (EC, 2011) .  \n3UHYLRXV UHVHDUFK FRQ¿UPV WKH UHODWLRQVKLS EHWZHHQ ORZ VRFLR􀀐HFRQRPLF status (SES) and higher prevalence of depression in men. Longitudinal evidence, compiled over a seven year period, found that a lowering in material standard of living is associated with increases in depressive symptoms and cases of major depression (Lorant, Croux and Weich, et  \nOpportunities for generativity in later life for older men 353  \nal., 2007). 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