Gender and life course occupational social class differences in trajectories of functional limitations in midlife: findings from the 1946 British birth cohort.
Background: Older women and those of lower socioeconomic position (SEP) consistently constitute a larger portion of the disabled population than older men or those of higher SEP, yet no studies have examined when in the life course these differences emerge.Methods: Prevalence of self-reported limita...
| Publicado en: | Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences & Medical Sciences Vol. 66A; no. 12; pp. 1350 - 1360 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Dec2011
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