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Title Healthy longevity in China : demographic, socioeconomic, and psychological dimensions / edited by Zeng Yi [and others]
Published [Dordrecht?] : Springer, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 435 pages) : illustrations
Series The Springer series on demographic methods and population analysis ; 20
Springer series on demographic methods and population analysis ; 20.
Contents Front Matter; Introduction: Aging and Aged Dependency in China; Introduction to the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS); General Data Quality Assessment of the CLHLS; Reliability of Age Reporting Among the Chinese Oldest-Old in the CLHLS Datasets; Age Reporting in the CLHLS: A Re-assessment; Assessment of Reliability of Mortality and Morbidity in the 1998-2002 CLHLS Waves; The Effects of Sociodemographic Factors on the Hazard of Dying Among Chinese Oldest Old; When I'm 104: The Determinants of Healthy Longevity Among the Oldest-Old in China
Association of Education with the Longevity of the Chinese ElderlyAnalysis of Health and Longevity in the Oldest-Old Population--A Health Capital Approach; The More Engagement, the Better? A Study of Mortality of the Oldest Old in China; Living Arrangements and Psychological Disposition of the Oldest Old Population in China; Health and Living Arrangement Transitions among China's Oldest-old; Intergenerational Support and Self-rated Health of
Summary China is aging at an extraordinary speed and has the largest quantity of elderly persons in the world. Scholars utilize this unprecedented living experience of human being and the unique Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) datasets with the aim to answer in this volume the following questions critical to the aging population world wide. Is the period of disability compressing or expanding with increasing life expectancy and what factors are associated with these trends in the recent decades? Is it possible to realize morbidity compression with a prolongation of the life span
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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In Springer eBooks
Subject Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Study.
SUBJECT Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Study fast
Subject Longevity -- China
Longevity -- Social aspects -- China
Aging -- Social aspects -- China
Older people -- Health and hygiene -- China
Longevity.
Aging.
Older people -- Health and hygiene.
Demography.
Longevity
Aging
Demography
demography.
MEDICAL -- Reproductive Medicine & Technology.
Sciences humaines.
Sciences sociales.
Aging
Aging -- Social aspects
Longevity
Longevity -- Social aspects
Older people -- Health and hygiene
China
Form Electronic book
Author Zeng, Yi, 1952-
ISBN 9781402067525
1402067526
9781402067518
1402067518
9781402094781
1402094787