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Disability-free life among the elderly in the United States
— sociodemographic correlates of functional health | | Author(s) | Richard G Rogers, Andrei Rogers, Alain Belanger |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 4, no 1, February 1992 |
| Pages | pp 19-42 |
| Keywords | Physical disabilities ; Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Life satisfaction ; Socio-economic groups [elderly] ; Demography ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The authors use logit analysis and the US Longitudinal Study of Aging data to examine the sociodemographic factors - age, sex, race, education, poverty status, and marital status - that affect activities of daily living (ADLs), the prevalence of disability and the transitions that arise between able and disabled states. Findings show that age is linked with disability: older respondents are more likely to be or become disabled, and less likely to recover from their disabilities. Education is also strongly linked with disability: more highly educated older people consistently enjoy less disability; if disabled, they generally have greater chances to regain their abilities. Disability varies by race and sex, which are further affected by other covariates, especially marital status and poverty. Therefore, it is crucial to examine disability not only for the total older population, but to appreciate different disability characteristics among race- and sex-specific populations. These social, demographic and economic factors identify characteristics that place older people at risk of disability, and they also identify those characteristics that enhance an individual's chances of successful ageing. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980828212 A |
| Classmark | BN: C4: CA: F:5HH: F:T4: S8: 7T * |
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