Freedman, Vicki A.; Martin, Linda G.; Schoeni, Robert F.; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 66 (2008) 7, pp. 1588-1602
Investigations into the reasons for declines in late-life disability have largely focused on the role of contemporaneous factors. Adopting a life-course perspective as a backdrop, in this paper we ask whether there also has been a role for selected early- and mid-life factors in the decline, and...