Racial and educational disparities in mobility limitation among older women: what is the role of modifiable risk factors?

Objectives: This research explores whether modifiable risk factors (MRFs) are potential mediators and/or moderators of racial/ethnic and educational mobility limitation disparities among older women.

Method: Utilizing Waves 2-9 (1994-2008) of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), discrete-time event history models with multiple competing events were estimated using multinomial logistic regression.

Results: Black women were more likely to develop mobility limitation relative to White women.