Household and neighborhood conditions partially account for associations between education and physical capacity in the National Health and Aging Trends Study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue , 2015, Pages 67-75

  Samuel, Laura J ^a   Glass, Thomas A ^b   Thorpe, Roland J ^b   Szanton, Sarah L ^c   Roth, David L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Education; Environment; Household conditions; Neighborhood; Older adults; Physical function; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICARE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RACE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; VERY ELDERLY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN RELATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921058801     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.01.009     Document Type: Article

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