NDLI: Trajectory of functional status among older Taiwanese: Gender and age variations.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Liang, Jersey Wang, Chia-Ning Xu, Xiao Hsu, Hui-Chuan Lin, Hui-Shen Lin, Yu-Hsuan
Spatial Coverage	Taiwan
Description	Country affiliation: United States Author Affiliation: Liang J ( Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, United States. jliang@umich.edu)
Abstract	Current findings on gender and age differences in health trajectories in later life are equivocal and largely based upon data derived from Western developed nations. This study examines gender and age variations in the trajectory of functional status among older adults in Taiwan, a non-Western newly industrialized society. Data came from a sample of some 3500 Taiwanese aged 60 and over, initially surveyed in 1989 and subsequently followed in 1993, 1996, 1999, and 2003. Hierarchical linear models with time-varying covariates were employed in depicting the dynamics of functional status across gender and age. Women and the old-old experienced higher levels of disability and rates of increase than their male and young-old counterparts. Moreover, older women bore a disproportionately larger burden of disability. There are therefore significant gender and age variations in the trajectory of functional status among older Taiwanese. These findings provide evidence for the generalizability of prior observations to a non-Western society.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	02779536
e-ISSN	18735347
DOI	10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.05.007
Journal	Social Science & Medicine
Issue Number	6
Volume Number	71
Language	English
Publisher	Elsevier
Publisher Date	2010-09-01
Publisher Place	Great Britain (UK)
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Discipline Medicine Activities Of Daily Living Disabled Persons Statistics & Numerical Data Health Status Health Surveys Linear Models Longitudinal Studies Sex Factors Taiwan Research Support, N.i.h., Extramural Research Support, Non-u.s. Gov't
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine Health (social science) History and Philosophy of Science

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