Table 2.

Two-Year Changes in Husbands’ and Wives’ Number of ADL and IADL Difficulties (%), Health and Retirement Study 2000–2002

	Husbands				Wives
2000 Disability	No change	Increase	Decrease	Sample size	No change	Increase	Decrease	Sample size
0 ADL and 1 IADL	24.6	9.0	66.4	172	26.0	22.2	51.8	97
0 ADL and 2 or more IADLs	20.8	34.7	44.5	45	13.5	43.6	42.9	22
1 or more ADL(s)	21.5	20.8	57.7	572	18.0	24.3	57.7	659
All	22.2	18.8	59.0	789	18.8	24.6	56.6	778

Notes: ADL = activities of daily living; IADL = instrumental activities of daily living.