Who Walks? Factors Associated with Walking Behavior in Disabled Older Women With and Without Self-Reported Walking Difficulty

OBJECTIVES: To determine how severity of walking difficulty and sociodemographic, psychosocial, and health‐related factors influence walking behavior in disabled older women. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional analyses of baseline data from the Women's Health and Aging Study (WHAS). SETTING: An urban community encompassing 12 contiguous zip code areas in the eastern portion of Baltimore City and part of Baltimore County, Maryland. PARTICIPANTS: A total of...