The Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Race on Functional Limitations and Self-Reported Health in Old Age
Elderly Black and Hispanic adults have poorer overall health, higher disability rates, and lower life expectancies than elderly Whites and other racial and ethnic minority group members. There are also sex differences in health, with women more likely to suffer from non-life threatening chronic cond...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28408 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07262006-192112/ |