Social determinants of sex differences in disability among older adults: a multi-country decomposition analysis using the World Health Survey

• Main Authors: Hosseinpoor Ahmad (Author), Williams Jennifer (Author), Jann Ben (Author), Kowal Paul (Author), Officer Alana (Author), Posarac Aleksandra (Author), Chatterji Somnath (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Women represent a growing proportion of older people and experience increasing disability in their longer lives. Using a universally agreed definition of disability based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disabili...