Demographic and socioeconomic status differences in perceptions of difficulty with mobility in late life

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 66 B, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-248

  Cornman, Jennifer C ^a   Glei, Dana ^b   Rodríguez, Germán ^c   Goldman, Noreen ^c   Hurng, Baai Shyun ^d   Weinstein, Maxine ^b  

^a Jennifer C Cornman Consulting   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cut point shifts; Mobility difficulty; Older adults; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79953322704     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbq087     Document Type: Article

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