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ArticleInternational journal of aging & human development2024

Is the Health of Older Americans With a GED Equivalent to Their Peers With a High School Diploma?

Esme Fuller-Thomson, Robin Grossman, Andie MacNeil

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Article in International journal of aging & human development, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Esme Fuller-ThomsonFactor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9705-6216
Robin GrossmanFactor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Andie MacNeilFactor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6868-5307
University of Toronto · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to identify differences in the prevalence and odds of cognitive impairment, hearing impairment, vision impairment, limitations in activities of daily living (ADLs), and ambulation limitations among three groups of older American adults: high school dropouts, General Educational Development (GED) recipients, and high school graduates. This study used secondary analysis of the nationally representative 2017 American Community Survey. The sample included 20,489 GED recipients, 154,892 high school graduates, and 49,912 high school dropouts. Our findings indicate that there is a gradient in health outcomes among older Americans, with the highest prevalence and odds of cognitive impairment, hearing impairment, vision impairment, ADL limitations, and ambulation limitations among high school dropouts, followed by GED recipients, and the lowest among high school graduates. Although GED recipients have better health outcomes than high school dropouts, there is still a significant disparity in health status between GED recipients and high school graduates.

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Activities of Daily LivingEducational StatusAgedAged, 80 and overCognitive DysfunctionFemaleHealth StatusHearing LossHumansMaleMiddle AgedMobility LimitationPrevalenceStudent DropoutsUnited StatesVision Disordersactivities of daily living (ADLs)cognitiondisability‌General Educational Development (GED)health

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PMID37876216
PMCPMC11295392
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