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Journal of Gerontological Social Work Volume 62, 2019 - Issue 5
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Consolidated Measures of Activity among Older Adults: Results of a Three Data Set Comparison

Yung Soo LeeDepartment of Social Welfare, Incheon National University, Incheon, KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Michelle PutnamSchool of Social Work, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1279-2925View further author information
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Nancy Morrow-HowellBrown School of Social Work and Center for Aging, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USAView further author information
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Megumi InoueDepartment of Social Work, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USAView further author information
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Jennifer C. GreenfieldGraduate School of Social Work, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5498-6333View further author information
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Huajuan ChenBrown School of Social Work, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USAView further author information
Pages 502-520 | Received 30 Jan 2018, Accepted 09 Feb 2019, Published online: 21 Feb 2019
 
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ABSTRACT

This study explores the potential to consolidate a broad range of activity items to create more manageable measures that could be used in statistical modeling of multi-activity engagement. We utilized three datasets in the United States: Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Health and Retirement Study, and Midlife in the United States. After identifying activity items, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were used to empirically explore composite activity measures. Findings suggest that discrete activity items can be consolidated into activity domains; however, activity domains differ across datasets depending on availability of activity items. Implications for research and practice are further discussed.

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This work was supported by a grant from the National Institute on Aging [grant number: 1R21AG038868-01A1].

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