Trajectories of Functional Impairment in Later Life

Functional impairment trajectories in late adulthood over a decade are characterized using the Longitudinal Retirement History Study (LRHS) data set. Non-linear patterns of age-related increase in impairment are documented with longitudinal data. Subsets of panelists from the initial large, national...

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Published in:Journal of health and social behavior 1992-06, Vol.33 (2), p.114-125
Main Authors: Maddox, George L., Clark, Daniel O.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living - psychology
Adult Development
Adult. Elderly
Age
Age Differences
Aged
Aging
Aging & longevity
Aging - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Datasets
Developmental psychology
Economic models
Educational attainment
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Health
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Medical sociology
Observational research
Older adults
Older people
Poverty - psychology
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Public policy
Retirement
Social research
Socioeconomic Factors
Socioeconomic status
Trajectories
United States
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Summary:Functional impairment trajectories in late adulthood over a decade are characterized using the Longitudinal Retirement History Study (LRHS) data set. Non-linear patterns of age-related increase in impairment are documented with longitudinal data. Subsets of panelists from the initial large, nationally representative probability sample of employed males and unmarried employed females (N = 11,000) also exhibit differential non-linear trajectories of impairment by sex, income, and educational attainment. Concurrent analysis of the relationship over a decade among sex, SES, and functional impairment suggests that in health research, both sex and SES are broad proxy variables whose usefulness for understanding health outcomes and for policy analysis would be enhanced by the specification of components.
ISSN:0022-1465
2150-6000
DOI:10.2307/2137250