Using grip strength to compute physical health-adjusted old age dependency ratios
The standard approach for comparing the potential challenges of population aging across countries based on conventional old-age dependency ratios (OADR) does not account for cross-population differences in health, functional capacity or disability, despite their importance for labor force participat...
Main Authors: | Fabrice Kämpfen, Iliana V. Kohler, Mamadou Bountogo, James Mwera, Hans-Peter Kohler, Jürgen Maurer |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-08-01
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Series: | SSM: Population Health |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827319304033 |
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