Sex differences in functional limitations and the role of socioeconomic factors: a multi-cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women are more likely to have functional limitations than are men, partly because of greater socioeconomic disadvantage. However, how sex differences vary by severity of functional limitations remains unclear. We examined sex differences in functional limitations, with attention to socioeconomic factors and severity of limitations.

Methods

Longitudinal data on limitations in basic activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and mobility activities were drawn from 62 375 participants from 14 countries. For ADL, IADL, and mobility, participants were categorised based on number of limited activities (0, 1, 2, or ≥3). Sex differences in limitations in four birth cohorts (1895-1929, 1930-38, 1939-45, and 1946-60) were analysed be

SUBMITTER: Bloomberg M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8636280 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature