Aleksandr Andreev
Charles Becker

http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol23/27/

doi:10.4054/DemRes.2010.23.27

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Abstract

We provide three measures of age-standardized disability rates for each Russian region and show that most, though not all, of the regional patterns in disability prevalence disappear with standardization. Disability prevalence remains unusually high for women in St Petersburg and Belgorod but the "remote but healthy" pattern is nearly gone. We conclude that differences in age structure largely account for the differences in disability prevalence across regions of Russia.

Author's affiliation
Aleksandr Andreev
University of North Carolina, United States of America
Charles Becker
Duke University, United States of America

Keywords
age-standardized disability, NOBUS survey, Russia

Word count (Main text)
2881

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