IPSEN: RTC7: R2: Exploring Rural Disability Onset
Project Description:
RTC:Rurals previous research has found that people who live in rural areas begin to experience disability from mobility, cognitive and sensory impairment as much as 10 years before people in urban areas. There are also higher rates of disability in rural areas across all age groups. We have also found that racial and ethnic minorities experience the highest disability rates as well as the greatest urban/rural differences.
In order to understand urban/rural differences, we need to understand how disability evolves in rural and urban areas, and what influences disability severity outcomes. If disability evolves differently, these differences may provide insight into the nature and context of rural disability and may help inform interventions. This study will also examine migration, and how moving from an urban to rural area (or vice versa) can affect the disability experience.
This study will use data from the National Longitudinal of Adolescent to Adult Health Study (Add Health), the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79), and the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to explore the following questions:
How does disability severity evolve over the life course and how does the evolution of disability vary between urban and rural areas?
What are the common precursors of disability and how do these vary between urban and rural areas?
How does migration from an urban area to a rural one (or vice versa) affect disability severity?
Keyword(s):
Urban, rural, disability rates
Core Function(s):
Performing Research or Evaluation
Target Audience:
Professionals and Para-Professionals, Legislators/Policy Makers
Unserved or Under-served Populations:
Geographic Areas, Rural/Remote
Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:
National
COVID-19 Related Data:
N/A
