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Trial reportThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2014

Black-white disparity in disability among U.S. older adults: age, period, and cohort trends.

Shih-Fan Lin, Audrey N Beck, Brian K Finch

Abstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. "Health is the Ability to Manage Yourself Without Help": How Older African American Men Define Health and Successful Aging.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2018
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  14. Motor Function Is Associated With Incident Disability in Older African Americans.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2016
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Shih-Fan LinInstitute for Behavioral and Community Health (IBACH) and Center for Health Equity Research and Policy, San Diego State University, California. slin@mail.sdsu.edu.
Audrey N BeckInstitute for Behavioral and Community Health (IBACH) and Center for Health Equity Research and Policy, San Diego State University, California.
Brian K FinchDepartment of Sociology, USC Population Research Center, Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Graduate School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity Research and Policy, San Diego State University, California.

Funding

A Social Demography of Racial Health DisparitiesR01MD004025 · NIMHD · SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI FINCH, BRIAN K. · 2009 to 2013
$1.8M
NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD004025NIMHD NIH HHS R01MD004025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis study delineates activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) black-white disparity trends by age, period, and cohort (APC) and explores sociodemographic contributors of cohort-based disparity trends.

methodWe utilized multiple cross-sectional waves of National Health Interview Survey data (1982-2009) to describe APC trends of ADL and IADL disparities using a cross-classified random effect model. Further, we decomposed the cohort-based disparity trends using Fairlie's decomposition method for nonlinear outcomes.

resultsThe crossover ADL and IADL disparities (whites > blacks) occurring at age 75 increased with age and reached a plateau at age of 80, whereas period-based ADL and IADL disparities remained constant for the past 3 decades. The cohort disparity trends for both disabilities showed a decline with each successive cohort except for ADL disparity among women. DISCUSSION: We examined the role of aging on racial disparity in disability and found support for the racial crossover effect. Further, the racial disparity in disability will disappear should the observed pattern of declining cohort-based ADL and IADL disparities persist. Although education, income, and marital status are important sociodemographic contributors to cohort disparity trends, future studies should investigate individual behavioral health determinants and cohort-specific characteristics that explain the cohort-based racial difference in ADL and IADL disabilities.

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Activities of Daily LivingHealth Status DisparitiesPersons with DisabilitiesAgedAged, 80 and overAge FactorsAgingBlack or African AmericanCohort StudiesCross-Sectional StudiesDisability EvaluationFemaleHumansMaleUnited StatesWhite PeopleAge-period-cohort modelBlack–white disparityDisabilityOlder adults.

Identifiers

PMID24986183
PMCPMC4189652

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