Open AccessPathways to Educational Disparities in Disability Incidence: The Contributions of Excess Body Mass Index, Smoking, and Manual Labor Involvement
Author(s) -
Tarlise Townsend,
Neil K. Mehta
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology. series b, psychological sciences and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbaa085
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , socioeconomic status , body mass index , demography , educational attainment , medicine , gerontology , panel study of income dynamics , psychological intervention , population , life course approach , counterfactual thinking , psychology , environmental health , developmental psychology , psychiatry , physics , pathology , social psychology , demographic economics , sociology , optics , economics , economic growth
In the United States, educational disparities in disability are large and increasing, but the mechanisms underlying them are not well understood. We estimate the proportion of population-level educational disparities in disability incidence explained by excess body mass index (BMI), smoking, and manual labor.