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Implications of residential location in midlife disability and cognitive functioning among the poor vs. rich: within the US and cross-country comparisons

Award Number: R01AG080491
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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Implications of residential location in midlife disability and cognitive functioning among the poor vs. rich: within the US and cross-country comparisons - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Despite that the US spends much more on healthcare than other high-income countries, the health and life expectancy of US working-age adults has declined, losing ground further to their peers in other countries. Identifying those most at risk for worsening health and determining the key factors contributing to the widening health disparities in the US population is critically important and timely. The overarching goal of this project is to clarify the multi-level factors in determining US midlife health, focusing on disability and cognitive functioning outcomes. We will first focus on within-US comparison determining the role of place-specific contextual factors in disability and cognitive functioning among working-age adults in the US. We will use a quasi- experimental approach to enhance detecting marginal effects attributable to place-level vs. individual- level factors; we compare adults with similar individual-level characteristics and resources but living in areas with different place-level contexts. We will examine contextual factors of multi-level geographic units such as tract-level social vulnerability and built environment, county-level social programs and resources, and state-level social protection and healthcare policy. We will also capitalize on life-history data that provide residential histories over the entire life course to help understate the level of exposure and differential effect by life stage. We will then identify factors contributing to the relative position of US midlife disability and cognitive functioning compared to other high-income European countries. We will use harmonized survey data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), and Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). We will assess the extent to which national-level economic inequality, healthcare system, and social protection policies affected the relative position of the US among low- vs. high-SES adults. We will then examine the extent to which local-area factors contribute to the difference in the outcomes across countries by leveraging and extending the study team’s novel procedure to harmonize local-area contextual data across countries and link the contextual data to each survey. This study will contribute to clarifying socioeconomic, physical, and institutional factors for geographic variation in midlife health by intersecting multi-level contextual factors with individual-level socioeconomic characteristics. The project will also advance data for the comparative assessment in cross-country health disparity by generating the local-area data harmonized across high-income countries, which will be released in full compliance with confidential data protection policies. 1


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $536,728 )
2025	2025	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN	1109 GEDDES AVE, SUITE 3300	ANN ARBOR	MI	48109	WASHTENAW	USA	Aging Research	000	3	11/21/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$536,728
														Subtotal = $536,728

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $598,079 )
2024	2024	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN	1109 GEDDES AVE, SUITE 3300	ANN ARBOR	MI	48109	WASHTENAW	USA	Aging Research	000	2	11/14/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$538,272
2024	2024	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN	1109 GEDDES AVE, SUITE 3300	ANN ARBOR	MI	48109	WASHTENAW	USA	Aging Research	001	2	4/30/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$59,807
														Subtotal = $598,079

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $614,965 )
2023	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN	503 THOMPSON ST	ANN ARBOR	MI	48109	WASHTENAW	USA	Aging Research	000	1	12/9/2022	NEW	$614,965
														Subtotal = $614,965

Grand Total All Awards = $1,749,772

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Implications of residential location in midlife disability and cognitive functioning among the poor vs. rich: within the US and cross-country comparisons

Award Number: R01AG080491

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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