Sandra L. Reynolds

Overview

Sandra L. Reynolds is a demographer at the University of South Florida, Tampa. Her research focuses on health and disability trends in the older working-age population. She is a co-author, with Eileen Crimmins and Yasuhiko Saito, of the 1999 Journals of Gerontology paper documenting improvement in work ability among adults aged 60–69 between 1982 and 1993, and of related work on disability incidence and prevalence trends in older Americans.

Key Contributions

• Co-author of Crimmins, Reynolds, and Saito (1999): documented ~24% decline in work inability for ages 60–69 over 1982–1993 using NHIS data; showed improvement is mostly compositional (rising educational attainment), with real biological contribution from declining cerebrovascular/cardiovascular and arthritis prevalence; documented no improvement for ages 50–59 and persistent racial disparities within education groups
• Co-author of Crimmins, Saito, and Reynolds (1997): earlier disability incidence/prevalence trends for older Americans using LSOA and NHIS data

Related

• Eileen M. Crimmins
• Yasuhiko Saito
• Compression of Morbidity
• Morbidity-Mortality Distinction

Sources

• Crimmins, Reynolds, and Saito 1999 — Trends in Health and Ability to Work Among the Older Working-Age Population