Abstract

Research has shown that socioeconomic factors influence physical mobility; however, less is known about the influence of neighborhood disadvantage on mobility among African American older adults. Data from the Baltimore Study of Black Aging (N=602) were used to examine associations between neighborhood disadvantage, as measured by the Area Deprivation Index (ADI), and self-reported mobility limitations. Two-step logistic regression showed that participants residing in more disadvantaged neighborhoods, based on national ADI, had higher odds of mobility limitations, but those in less disadvantaged neighborhoods, based on state ADI, had higher odds of mobility limitations (national: OR = 1.02 (95% CI: 1.00–1.03); state: OR = 0.78 (95% CI: 0.65–0.92)). Stratified models showed the association was significant only within women (national: OR = 1.02 (95% CI: 1.00–1.04); state: OR = 0.77 (0.63-0.95)). These findings suggest that neighborhood disadvantage is an essential consideration when examining mobility limitations among African Americans.

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Title
ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD DISADVANTAGE AND MOBILITY LIMITATIONS AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS
Author
McCain, Dextiny 1 ; Adrienne Aiken Morgan 2 ; Allan, Alexa 3 ; Gamaldo, Alyssa 4 ; Wright, Regina 5 ; Thorpe, Roland J, Jr 6 ; Allaire, Jason 7 ; Whitfield, Keith 8 

 North Carolina Central University , Durham, North Carolina , United States 
 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina , United States 
 The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania , United States 
 Pennsylvania State University , State College, Pennsylvania , United States 
 University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware , United States 
 Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Maryland , United States 
 North Carolina State University , Raleigh, North Carolina , United States 
 University of Nevada, Las Vegas , Las Vegas, Nevada , United States 
Pages
114-115
Publication year
2022
Publication date
Nov 2022
Publisher
Oxford University Press
e-ISSN
23995300
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3198209793
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.