Robert Schoeni , Jersey Liang , Joan Bennett , Hidehiro Sugisawa , Taro Fukaya , Erika Kobayashi Trends in Old - Age Functioning and Disability in Japan : 1993 - 2002

Trends in Old-Age Functioning and

Trends in old-age functioning and disability in Japan, 1993-2002.

Disability is a burden to individuals and society. Population ageing, combined with the fact that disability is most common among the elderly, has focused attention on trends in old-age disability. This study estimates trends in functioning and disability among Japanese elderly from 1993 to 2002 and contrasts the patterns with those found in the USA. Japan is an especially interesting country b...

How does self-assessed health change with age? A study of older adults in Japan.

OBJECTIVE This research examines how the trajectories of self-rated health evolve among elderly Japanese individuals and how socioeconomic status (SES), social relations, and baseline health differentiate these trajectories. METHODS Data came from a five-wave panel study of a national sample of 2,200 Japanese old adults between 1987 and 1999. Hierarchical linear models and cluster analysis we...

Intertwining courses of functional status and subjective health among older Japanese.

OBJECTIVES We sought to depict how trajectories of functional status are related to the average changes in self-rated health and its underlying trajectories. METHODS Data came from a five-wave panel study of a national sample of 2,200 Japanese older adults between 1987 and 1999. We employed hierarchical linear models and multinomial logistic regression to depict the interrelationships among p...

Transitions in living arrangements among elders in Japan: does health make a difference?

OBJECTIVE This research evaluates the hypothesis that poor health triggers a change in living arrangements among elderly adults in Japan. METHODS Data came from a national probability sample of 2,200 Japanese people aged 60 or older. Four surveys of this sample were conducted over a period of 9 years, from 1987 to 1996. Multinomial logit regression analyses were used to analyze the effects of...