TY - T1 - Functional ability and health behaviour, trends and associations among the elderly people, 1985-2003 SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/12418 T3 - A1 - Sulander, Tommi A2 - PB - Y1 - 2005 LA - en AB - The main purpose of this study was to examine trends and associations of functional ability and health behaviour among a national sample of elderly people in Finland from the 1985 to 2003. Furthermore, sociodemographic variation of functional ability and health behaviour were assessed. Biennial surveys on health behaviour among 65-79-year-old Finnish population were used to study 13 232 men and women from 1985 to 2003. Response rate has surpassed 80 % on average. Self-reported activities o... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - functional ability; health behaviour; Trends; elderly people N1 - PP - ER -