PAA Workshop 2012
Introduction to the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS)
A free introductory workshop on the new National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) data will be held on Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America in San Francisco, CA.
Over the past twenty years, demographers have established that the prevalence of disability has declined among the older population in the United States. The reasons for the decline and potential for future reduction of disability is less well understood. The NHATS is a new national panel study of Americans age 65 and older funded by the National Institute on Aging. The goals of the NHATS are to provide insights into factors that contribute to trends in disability prevalence, onset, and recovery; whether and why individual disability trajectories differ between groups; and the consequences of late-life disability for individuals, families, and society.
The presentations will provide an overview of the research design and key components of the data and will highlight the usefulness of these new data for research areas of interest to PAA members, including disability trends and trajectories, economic consequences of disability, early life conditions, and family caregiving. The workshop will also provide information on accessing the baseline data through the online interface. Presenters will include Judith Kasper; Douglas Wolf, and Emily Agree.
The intended audience for this introductory workshop includes advanced graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty, and any researchers interested in disability in later life. Further information about the study may be obtained at www.nhats.org. To register, please email mniefeld@jhsph.edu by April 25th. Space is limited.