Journal
JOURNAL OF APPLIED GERONTOLOGY
Volume 32, Issue 7, Pages 902-912Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0733464812441502
Keywords
Driving; mobility; disparities; gender issues; race
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- NCRR NIH HHS [UL1RR031990, UL1 RR031990] Funding Source: Medline
- NICHD NIH HHS [K12 HD055881, K12-HD055881] Funding Source: Medline
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This study characterized older adults who do not drive (former and never drivers) and examined how this group of elders has changed over the past 15 years. Sample included community-living adults aged 70 to 85 who do not drive from the 1993 Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old Study (N = 1,979) and 2008 Health and Retirement Study (N = 1,119). Chi-square and t tests were used to assess differences between never and former drivers and between cohorts. Logistic regression was used to examine the predictors of having never driven. The driving status among older adults has improved over the past 15 years as the proportion of never drivers declined from 11% to 2%. However, nondriving has become more concentrated among ethnic minority women, and the gaps in education and net worth between former and never drivers widened over the 15 years.
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