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Implications of asking "ambiguous" difficult questions
— an analysis of the second wave of the asset and health dynamics of the oldest old study | | Author(s) | Vicki A Freedman |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 55B, no 5, September 2000 |
| Pages | pp S288-S297 |
| Keywords | Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Health [elderly] ; Questionnaires ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The study examines responses to a subsample of 1,054 respondents from the Asset and Health Dynamics of the Oldest Old study (AHEAD) of Americans aged 70 and over. The authors compared responses to questions about difficulty without reference to assistance (ambiguous difficulty) to those about difficulty without help in equipment (underlying difficulty) and difficulty with help or equipment, if used (residual difficulty). Logistic regression was used to model predictors of discordance. Discordance exists for 15% of respondents between summary variables indicating underlying and ambiguous difficulty with one or more activities. Discrepancies are evenly split between respondents reporting: underlying but no ambiguous difficulty; and ambiguous but no underlying difficulty. Discordance also exists for 15% of respondents between summary variables indicating residual and ambiguous difficulty with one or more activities; most of these discrepancies involve reports of ambiguous but no residual difficulty. Most respondent characteristics investigated are not significant predictors of discrepancies. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001123214 A |
| Classmark | CA: C4: CC: 3DA: 7T |
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