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COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL STATISTICS
1993-1994
NORMAN M. BRADBURN (Chair),
National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago
JOHN E. ROLPH (Vice Chair),
School of Business Administration, University of Southern California
MARTIN H. DAVID,
Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin
JOHN F. GEWEKE,
Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
NOREEN GOLDMAN,
Office of Population Research, Princeton University
JOEL B. GREENHOUSE,
Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
ERIC HANUSHEK,
Department of Economics, University of Rochester
ROBERT M. HAUSER,
Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin
NICHOLAS P. JEWELL,
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
WILLIAM D. NORDHAUS,
Department of Economics, Yale University
JANET L. NORWOOD,
The Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.
DOROTHY P. RICE,
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco
KEITH F. RUST,
Westat, Inc., Rockville, Maryland
DANIEL L. SOLOMON,
Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University
MIRON L. STRAF, Director
SUSANNA McFARLAND, Administrative Associate
WORKSHOP ON TRENDS IN DISABILITY AT OLDER AGES
Participants
BETH SOLDO (Chair), Georgetown University
HOWARD BELDIN, American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, D.C.
LISA BERKMAN, Yale University
JOHN BOUND, University of Michigan
MARY CHAMIE, United Nations, New York
JOHN COOMBS, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
LARRY CORDER, Duke University
EILEEN CRIMMINS, University of Southern California
PAUL CULLINAN, Congressional Budget Office, Washington, D.C.
EDWARD DOWD, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
JANE DURCH, Institute of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
JACOB FELDMAN, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland
STEPHEN FIENBERG, Carnegie Mellon University
VICKI FREEDMAN, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Rockville, Maryland
MICHAEL HURD, State University of New York, Stony Brook
SYLVIA KNIEL, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland
KAJAL LAHIRI, Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland
HAROLD LENTZNER, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland
ROSE LI, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland
JENNIFER MADANS, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland
KENNETH MANTON, Duke University
DAVID McCARTHY, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Washington, D.C.
STEVE McKAY, Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland
MARY BETH OFSTEDAL, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland
GEORGEANNE PATMIOS, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland
VIRGINIA RENO, National Academy of Social Insurance, Washington, D.C.
KALMAN RUPP, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Washington, D.C.
STEVEN SANDELL, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Washington, D.C.
RAYMOND SELTSER, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Rockville, Maryland
MICHAEL STOTO, Institute of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
RICHARD SUZMAN, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland
CYNTHIA TAEUBER, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C.
ASHLESHA TAMBOLI, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland
DENNIS TOLLEY, Brigham Young University
DENTON VAUGHN, Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland
MARTYNAS YCAS, Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland
TIM ZAYATZ, Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland
MIRON STRAF, Director, Committee on National Statistics
ANU PEMMARAZU, Senior Project Assistant, Committee on National Statistics