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The life course of activity limitations — exploring indicators of functional limitations over time
Author(s)	J Scott Long, Eliza K Pavalko
Journal title	Journal of Aging and Health, vol 16, no 4, August 2004
Pages	pp 490-516
Source	http://www.sagepub.com
Keywords	Physical disabilities ; Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Life span ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Five panels of data from the young and mature women's cohorts of the US National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) are used to: examine patterns of limitations in activities as women age; compare how limitations develop over the life course; explore how limitations in one activity are associated with limitations in others; and investigate whether limitations develop incrementally or occur in clusters. The authors find that: scales of functional limitations are not dependent on the age of the respondent; activity limitations emerge in clusters; and relationships between items do not consistently fall into upper and lower body groups. Scales of functional limitations are equally applicable to younger and older women, but further research is needed to compare substantive results using different methods of scale construction. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040909211 A
Classmark	BN: C4: CA: BG6: 3J: 7T
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