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Nonlinear models of disability and age applied to census data

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  • I. Albarran
  • P. J. Alonso
  • J. M. Marin

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It is usually considered that the proportion of handicapped people grows with age. Namely, the older the man/woman, the more the level of disability he/she suffers. However, empirical evidence shows that this assessment is not always true, or at least, it is not true in the Spanish population. The study tries to assess the impact of age on disability in Spain. Each gender has been treated separately because it can be shown that men and women have their own pattern of behaviour. Three different methods of estimation have been used to check the link between those variables. The results seem to support the idea that the relationship among age and the intensity of disability is not always direct. One of the concluding remarks in this analysis is that the method of estimation has a great incidence in the final results, especially in central ages between 20 and 80 years old.

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  • I. Albarran & P. J. Alonso & J. M. Marin, 2011. "Nonlinear models of disability and age applied to census data," Journal of Applied Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(10), pages 2151-2163.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:japsta:v:38:y:2011:i:10:p:2151-2163
    DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2010.545120
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