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| Effect of financial strain on mortality on community-dwelling older women | | Author(s) | Sarah L Szanton, Jerilyn K Allen, Roland J Thorpe |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 63B, no 6, November 2008 |
| Pages | pp S369-S374 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Older women ; Poor elderly ; Living in the community ; Death rate [statistics] ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | It is well established that low socioeconomic status is related to mortality. The authors used the US Women's Health and Aging Studies I and II of community-dwelling older women aged 70 to 79, to examine the extent to which financial strain was associated with increased mortality risk in older women, and whether the relationship differed by race. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate the effect of financial strain on 5-year mortality rates. Women who reported financial strain were almost 60% more likely to die within 5 years independent of race, education, absolute income, health insurance status and comorbidities than their counterparts who did not. Although race was not a predictor of mortality, the association between financial strain and mortality was stronger for African Americans than for Caucasians. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090605225 A |
| Classmark | BD: F:W6: K4: S5: 49: 7T |
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