Disability risk and miraculous recoveries in Russia

Type Report
Title Disability risk and miraculous recoveries in Russia
Author(s)
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2008
URL https://ideas.repec.org/p/duk/dukeec/05-07.html
Abstract
This paper examines determinants of being disabled in Russia, along with the probability of moving from one disability status to another, using data from 1994 through 2005 from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey. Disability risk rises with age, declines with income and self-reported good health, and is lower for women. On the other hand, neither smoking nor drinking alcohol increase either the risk of being or becoming disabled.
This study has been funded in part by National Institute of Aging grant #2P30 AG17248-02 through the Population Aging Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder. We are grateful to Aleksandr Andreev for outstanding research assistance.

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