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| Gender differences in functioning for older adults in rural Bangladesh. The impact of differential reporting? | | Author(s) | M Omar Rahman, Ji-hong Liu |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical, vol 55A, no 1, January 2000 |
| Pages | pp M28-M33 |
| Keywords | Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Older men ; Older women ; Rural areas ; Bangladesh. |
| Annotation | In 1996, the Matlab Health and Socio-Economic Survey collected data on self-reported activities of daily living (ADLs) and observed physical performance for 1,893 men and women aged 50 and older in rural Bangladesh. The aim of this study was to examine gender differences in terms of both self-reported ADLs and observed physical performance and to evaluate the extent to which differential reporting by gender contributes to disparities between the two measures. Findings revealed that older women had more limitation than men in both measures. For the same level of observed performance, however, older women were more likely than men were to report a higher level of ADL limitation. This reported female health disadvantage varied considerably depending on the nature of the ADLs being examined and the type of scoring system used for the ADLs. The study concluded that caution is needed in interpreting gender differences in self-reported ADL limitations. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000509406 A |
| Classmark | C4: CA: BC: BD: RL: 7FD |
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