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Disability Transitions for Older Persons with Arthritis
(Sage Publications, 1992)
This article reports changes over 2 years in physical, activities of daily living (ADL), and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) disabilities for older U.S. adults with arthritis, compared to those without ...
Sample designs and sampling methods for the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Studies (CPES)
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2004-11)
This paper provides an overview of the probability sample designs and sampling methods for the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Studies (CPES): the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R), the National Study ...
Survival Curves, Prevalence Rates, and Dark Matters Therein
(Sage Publications, 1991)
Survival curves are a visual aid to help us think about interrelationships between chronic morbidity, disability, and mortality. Prevalence rates indicate a population's morbidity and disability status at given times. The ...
A Health Profile of Older Women with Comparisons to Older Men
(Sage Publications, 1984)
This article discusses the physical health status of contemporary older women (aged 65 and over) in comparison to older men, using data from ongoing national health surveys and vital statistics. The article reviews older ...
The US National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R): design and field procedures
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2004-06)
The National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) is a survey of the prevalence and correlates of mental disorders in the US that was carried out between February 2001 and April 2003. Interviews were administered ...
Does Enlistment Propensity Predict Accession? High School Seniors' Plans and Subsequent Behavior
(Sage Publications, 1998)
This article examines how high school seniors' plans or "propensity" to serve in the armed forces relate to their actual enlistment. Longitudinal data were used from more than M 33.000 participants in the Monitoring the ...
Propensity to Serve in the U.S. Military: Temporal Trends and Subgroup Differences
(Sage Publications, 1999)
Data from the Monitoring the Future project, a study of high school seniors (and since 1991, eighth and tenth graders) are used to define six recruitment periods in America's all-volunteer military force, characterized by ...