Disability trends in gender and race groups of early retirement ages in the USA

Konstantin Arbeev, Alexander Butov, Kenneth Manton, Igor Sannikov and Anatoli Yashin

International Journal of Public Health, 2004, vol. 49, issue 2, 142-151

Abstract: Objectives: To analyse disability trends over the 1980s–1990s in gender and race groups of early retirement ages in USA. Methods: Disability trends for white and black males and females aged 65–69 and 70+ are analysed using the 1982–1999 NLTCS. Disability is analysed at three levels (instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), activities of daily living (ADL), and institutionalisation). Results: 1) A larger increase in proportions of non-disabled blacks aged 65–69 compared with whites and males compared with females. 2) Differences in disability trends among gender and race groups. 3) A faster absolute decline in non-institutionalised disabled aged 65–69. 4) A larger absolute decline and a smaller relative decline in proportions of disabled aged 70+ compared with 65–69. 5) A significant decrease in the proportion of ADL disabled blacks and an increase of ADL disabled white females in the age group 70+. Conclusions: Americans aged 65–69 years manifest a significant improvement in health over the 1980s–1990s but the dynamics differs in gender and race groups. Possible reasons for these differences are discussed. Copyright Birkhäuser-Verlag Basel 2004

Keywords: Disability; Gender; Race; Retirement; National long term care surveys (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-004-3041-y

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