Friday, May 2 / 2:30 PM - 4:20 PM   •   Directors Row 2

Session 124:
Measurement Issues in Aging Research: Self-Report, Biomarkers, ADLs/IADLs, Active Life Expectancy

Chair: Ellen Kramarow, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Discussant: Jennifer Madans, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  1. The Contribution of Biomarkers versus Self-Reported Measures for Understanding Self-Rated Health • Noreen Goldman, Princeton University ; Dana A. Glei, Georgetown University ; Ming-Cheng Chang, Taiwan Provincial Institute of Family Planning

  2. The Accuracy of Self Reported Anthropometric Measures and Self Reported Diabetes in Nationally Representative Samples of Older Adults in Mexico • Alberto Palloni, University of Wisconsin at Madison ; Beth Soldo, University of Pennsylvania ; Rebeca Wong, University of Maryland

  3. Self-Reported Health among Older Bangladeshis: How Good a Health Indicator Is It? • Omar Rahman, Harvard University ; Arthur J. Barsky, Harvard Medical School

  4. Self-Rated Health and Subsequent Health Outcomes: Do the Relationships Extend to a Low Income Setting? • Elizabeth Frankenberg, University of California, Los Angeles ; Nathan Jones, RAND

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