FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH REMAINING FREE FROM FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS DESPITE SOCIOECONOMIC ADVERSITY

This study aimed to identify factors that protect individuals exposed to lifelong socioeconomic adversity from developing functional limitations in old age. Data from 1,973 participants in the MRC National Survey of Health and Development (United Kingdom) were used. Functional Limitations was defined as experiencing difficulty with any daily activity. Socioeconomic adversity had three levels based on life course trajectories. We compared...