DYNAMICS OF DISABILITY AND DEPENDENCY: EXAMINING THE HISPANIC PARADOX THROUGHOUT ADULT LIFE | Zendy

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DYNAMICS OF DISABILITY AND DEPENDENCY: EXAMINING THE HISPANIC PARADOX THROUGHOUT ADULT LIFE

Author(s) -

Sarah B. Laditka,

James N. Laditka

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

innovation in aging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2399-5300

DOI - 10.1093/geroni/igx004.488

Subject(s) - demography , life expectancy , gerontology , health and retirement study , medicine , non hispanic whites , ethnic group , multinomial logistic regression , population , sociology , computer science , machine learning , anthropology , mexican americans

• Life expectancy was consistent with NCHS estimates, for all groups, at all ages • Life expectancy was greater for Hispanics than African Americans or whites, e.g., at age 70: 88.1, 85.2, 86.4 (not shown in figures) Women with high school education illustrate primary results: • Population percentage having ADL difficulty was higher for African Americans than for Hispanics or whites at ages 60-90 (all p<0.01), at age 70: 38.4%, 33.9%, and 34.9%, respectively (no significant differences between Hispanics and whites) • Population percentage needing ADL help was higher for Hispanics and African Americans than for whites at ages 60-90 (p<0.01), at age 70: 6.3%, 7.5%, and 4.6%, respectively (no significant differences between Hispanics and African Americans) • Results described above were similar for men Data and Methods

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