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Trends in Late-life Health in the United States

Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type.

2004
"Examining trends in the health of older adults," Population Council Annual Report 2003. (full text)

Freedman, Vicki A., Eileen Crimmins, Robert F. Schoeni, Brenda Spillman, Hakan Aykan, Ellen Kramarow, Kenneth Land, James Lubitz, Kenneth Manton, Linda G. Martin, Diana Shinberg, and Timothy Waidmann. “Resolving inconsistencies in old-age disability trends: Report from a technical working group,” Demography 41(3): 417–441.*

Freedman, Vicki A. and Linda G. Martin. “Robine and Michel's 'Looking forward to a general theory on population aging': Incorporating disability into population-level models of health change at older ages,” Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 59A(6): 602–603.*

2003
Freedman, Vicki A. and Linda G. Martin. “Beyond inconsistent results: Finding the truth about trends in late-life cognitive functioning,” Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 58B(6): S347–S348.*

2002
Freedman, Vicki A., Hakan Aykan and Linda G. Martin. “Another look at aggregate changes in severe cognitive impairment: Further investigation into the cumulative effects of three survey design issues,” Journal of Gerontology 57B(2): S126–S131.*

Freedman, Vicki A., Linda G. Martin and Robert F. Schoeni. “Recent trends in disability and functioning among older adults in the United States: A systematic review,” Journal of the American Medical Association 288(24): 3137–3146.*

2001
Freedman, Vicki A., Hakan Aykan and Linda G. Martin. “Aggregate changes in severe cognitive impairment among older Americans: 1993 and 1998,” Journal of Gerontology 56B(2): S100–S111.*

2000
Freedman, Vicki A. and Linda G. Martin. “The contribution of chronic conditions to aggregate changes in old-age functioning,” American Journal of Public Health 90(11): 1755–1760.*

1999
Freedman, Vicki A. and Linda G. Martin. “The role of education in explaining and forecasting trends in functional limitations among older Americans,” Demography 36(4): 461–473.*

1998
Freedman, Vicki A. and Linda G. Martin. “Understanding trends in functional limitations among older Americans,” American Journal of Public Health 88(10): 1457–1462.*

* Not available from the Population Council.

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13 January 2005