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Black-white disparities in disability among older Americans
— further untangling the role of race and socioeconomic status | | Author(s) | Esme Fuller-Thomson, A Nuru-Jeter, Jack M Guralnik |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 21, no 5, August 2009 |
| Pages | pp 677-698 |
| Source | http://www.sagepublications.com |
| Keywords | Black people ; White people ; Physical disabilities ; Self care capacity ; Economic status [elderly] ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Data from the 2003 American Community Survey were used to examine the associations of education and income, stratified by race and gender, with functional limitations and activities of daily living (ADLs), in a sample of 16,870 non-Hispanic Blacks and 186,086 non-Hispanic Whites aged 55 to 74. Sequential logistic regressions were used to examine the relative contribution of income and education to racial disparities. 90% of the Black_White difference in disability rates for men and 75% of the difference for women aged 55 to 64 were explained by income and education. The greatly elevated risk of disability among Blacks aged 55 to 74 is largely explained by differences in socioeconomic status. Reductions in Black_White health disparities require a better understanding of the mechanisms, whereby lower income and education are associated with functional outcomes in older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100929007 A |
| Classmark | TKE: TKA: BN: CA: F:W: 49: 7T |
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