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Peer reviewedNelson, K. A. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1987
This paper analyzes data from the Supplement on Aging (1984 Health Interview Survey) and cites improvements in survey design which account for dramatic increases in the number of elderly with severe visual impairments. Statistical tables on percentage distribution of visual problems by age and prevalence of severe impairments are included. (JDD)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Data Collection, National Surveys, Older Adults
Download full textLakin, Charlie; And Others – Policy Research Brief, 1993
This Policy Research Brief summarizes longitudinal national statistics on the number and characteristics of persons with mental retardation and related conditions living in state institutions, their movement into and out of those institutions, the costs of state institutions, and the growing numbers of closures of these institutions. Findings are…
Descriptors: Community Services, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Individual Characteristics, Institutionalized Persons
