This paper was presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, November 17-21, 1989. It focuses on several problems associated with making estimates using activities of daily living and highlights some of the methodological work carried out or sponsored by HHS to overcome these problems. [14 PDF pages]
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Advanced SearchMeasuring the Activities of Daily Living Among the Elderly: A Guide to National Surveys
The activities of daily living (ADLs) are the basic task of everyday life: eating, bathing, dressing, toileting, and transferring. Although persons of all ages may have problems performing ADLs, disability prevalence rates are much higher for the elderly rising steeply with advancing age.
Evaluation of the 1989 Child Care Supplement in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
This report summarizes the results of a special experiment in the collection (from 347 mothers) of detailed current and retrospective child care information carried out in conjunction with the 1989 (11th round) wave of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.
Reliability and Validity of the National Incidence of Child Abuse and Neglect Study Conducted by Westat Associates in 1988: Methodological Review
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Report on Problems and Suggestions for Improving the NLTCS Files for 1982 and 1984
This paper summarizes the problems with and suggestions for improving the National Long-Term Care Survey (NLTCS) files. It incorporates many of the concerns and ideas users stated at a Forum on the NLTCS. It outlines concrete areas where improvements and increased technical support are needed so that the research community can conduct the most useful and credible studies possible.
Informal Care to the Impaired Elderly: Report of the National Long Term Care Demonstration Survey of Informal Caregivers
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Final Report on the Effects of Sample Attrition on Estimates of Channeling's Impacts
Randall S. Brown, Peter A. Mossel, Jennifer Schore, Nancy Holden and Judy Roberts
Examination of the Equivalence of Treatment and Control Groups and the Comparability of Baseline Data
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services