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| Differential determinants of men's and women's everyday physical activity in later life | | Author(s) | Judith G Chipperfield, Nancy E Newall, Loring P Chuchmach |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 63B, no 4, July 2008 |
| Pages | pp S211-S218 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Exercise ; Physical capacity ; Living in the community ; Older men ; Older women ; Comparison ; Canada. |
| Annotation | The Study of Everyday Physical Activity is a satellite study of the larger Aging in Manitoba (AIM) Longitudinal Project, in which a representative sample of older adults quantified everyday physical activity (EPA) by wearing actigraphs. The objectives were to examine whether poor health may partly explain why older adults become less physically active with advancing age, and whether gender might moderate the extent to which health status predicts EPA. The researchers performed multiple regression analyses on a sample of 198 older, community-dwelling adults aged 80-98 (women, 63.1%). The results imply that age-related declines in EPA may be partially accounted for by health (in men) and by living arrangements (in women). Consideration is given to the reasons why poorer health might erode EPA for men (but not women) and why living alone might erode EPA for women (but not men). (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-091210214 A |
| Classmark | CEA: BI: K4: BC: BD: 48: 7S |
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