When I'm 104: The Determinants Of Healthy Longevity among the Oldest-Old in China

Dennis Ahlburg (), Eric R. Jensen and Ruyan Liao ()
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Dennis Ahlburg: Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado-Boulder
Ruyan Liao: Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota

No 34, Working Papers from Department of Economics, College of William and Mary

Abstract: This study uses the China Healthy Longevity Survey of Oldest-Old to investigate the health status of the oldest-old in China. We found that the different measures of health collected in the survey were only moderately related. That is, there is not a single construct called "health". We found that work history was modestly related to some measures of health. We also found that childhood health and socioeconomic status were correlated with health even at advanced ages. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to examine this connection in developing countries and at such advanced ages.

Keywords: Aging; oldest-old; longevity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J14 I10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cna, nep-hea and nep-tra
Date: 2006-07-15
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