The association between resilience and survival among Chinese elderly

Ke Shen and Yi Zeng
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Ke Shen: Fudan University
Yi Zeng: Duke University

Demographic Research, 2010, vol. 23, issue 5, 105-116

Abstract: Based on the unique longitudinal data of the elderly aged 65+ with a sufficiently large sub-sample of the oldest-old aged 85+ from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey, we construct a resilience scale with 7 indicators for the Chinese elderly, based on the framework of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. Cox proportional hazards regression model estimates show that, after controlling for socio-demographic characteristics and initial health status, the total resilience score and most factors of the resilience scale are significantly associated with reduced mortality risk among the young-old and oldest-old. Although the causal mechanisms remain to be investigated, effective measures to promote resilience are likely to have a positive effect on longevity of the elderly in China.

Keywords: China; healthy life expectancy; residence; mortality risk; survival (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2010.23.5

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