About the Authors

Fereshta Mirzada

Contributed equally to this work with: Fereshta Mirzada, Anouk S. Schimberg

Affiliation Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, Leiden, the Netherlands

Anouk S. Schimberg

Contributed equally to this work with: Fereshta Mirzada, Anouk S. Schimberg

Affiliation Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, Leiden, the Netherlands

Frouke M. Engelaer

engelaer@leydenacademy.nl

Affiliations Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, Leiden, the Netherlands, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

Govert E. Bijwaard

Affiliation Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI), the Hague, the Netherlands

David van Bodegom

Affiliations Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, Leiden, the Netherlands, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

Rudi G. J. Westendorp

Affiliations Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, Leiden, the Netherlands, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

Frans W. A. van Poppel

Affiliations Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI), the Hague, the Netherlands, Department of Sociology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FM ASS FME DvB. Analyzed the data: GEB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GEB FME. Wrote the paper: FM ASS FME DvB. Critically revised the manuscript and gave intellectual content: RGJW FWAvP.