Abstract
The authors hypothesized that ethnic differences in late-life disability would be observed and that ethnic differentials would be attributed to differences in physical capacity versus measurement error or cultural response to disabling disease. This study employed performance-based and self-report disability measures in a probability sample of 156 older African American, White, and Puerto Rican adults living in Springfield, Massachusetts. Analyses revealed that Puerto Rican and African American older adults reported significantly more disability than did Whites and that observed ethnic differences in disability were attributed to functional limitations. The current cohort of Puerto Rican and African American older adults clearly is at higher risk of needing long-term health and social services related to their increased levels of disability.
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