Differences in the Progression of Disability: A U.S.-Mexico Comparison.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This article seeks to document the progression of disability in a developing country by implementing a model to examine how this process compares to a developed country.

Methods

Data come from the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS), including a baseline survey in 2001 and a follow-up in 2003, and from the U.S. Health and Retirement Study (HRS), using the 2000 and 2002 waves. An ordinal logistic regression approach is used to examine a progression of disability that considers (a) no disability, (b) mobility problems, (c) mobility plus limitations with instrumental activities of daily living, (d) mobility plus limitations with activities of daily living (ADLs), (e) limitations in all three areas and (f) death.

Results

In both data sets, approximately 44% o

SUBMITTER: Diaz-Venegas C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6283319 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature