Adults Older Than Age 55 Engage in Less Diverse Activities Than Those 18 Years Ago.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Life-span perspectives have long acknowledged that individual functioning is shaped by historical and sociocultural contexts. Secular increases favoring recent cohorts are widely documented. However, little is known about secular trends in day-to-day activities and whether historical changes have occurred in younger and older adults alike.

Methods

We compared data from 2 independent cohort samples of the daily diary portion of the Midlife in the United States Study obtained 18 years apart (1995/1996 cohort: n = 1,499 vs 2013/2014 cohort: n = 782) and identified case-matched cohorts (n = 757 per cohort) based on age, gender, education, and race. An activity diversity score was calculated based on 7 common daily activities, using Shannon's entropy method. We additio

SUBMITTER: Lee S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10461533 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature