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Racial disparities in disability
— recent evidence from self-reported and performance-based disability measures in a population-based study of older adults | | Author(s) | Carlos F Mendes de Leon, Lisa L Barnes, Julia L Bienias |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 60B, no 5, September 2005 |
| Pages | pp S263-S271 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Black people ; White people ; Physical disabilities ; Comparison ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Although disability levels have been declining in older people, there is little current information regarding racial differences. This study uses data from the Chicago Health and Aging Project (CHAP), a longitudinal study of 6158 Black and White adults. Data were collected during three face-to-face interviews between 1993 and 2002. Disability was ascertained using three self-report measures and a performance-based measure of physical function. Using longitudinal data analysis, overall racial differences in disability and the degree to which they varied by age and gender were examined. After an average 6 years of follow-up, Blacks reported significantly higher disability levels than Whites after adjustment for age and sex. There was a significant increase in disability during follow-up on all four measures. Racial differences in disability did not vary consistently by age at baseline or over time, but were greater among women. Findings were largely similar for self-report and performance-based measures of disability. Adjustment for socioeconomic status substantially reduced racial differences in disability, although some of the differences remained significant especially among women. Overall, racial disparities in disability have not been eliminated, are greater among women, and have their origin earlier in adulthood. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070904221 A |
| Classmark | TKE: TKA: BN: 48: 3J: 7T |
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