Association of Education with the Longevity of the Chinese Elderly

Jianmin Li ()
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Jianmin Li: Nankai University, Institute of Population and Development

Chapter Chapter 9 in Healthy Longevity in China, 2008, pp 149-156 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This study has clearly shown that educational attainment is positively and substantially associated with survivorship at old ages in China. The overall association is stronger among elderly women than among elderly men.

Keywords: Census micro data; Childhood; Chinese elderly; Cohort; Education; Fixed-attributes dynamics; Longevity; Mortality; Ratio of survivorship; Socioeconomic status; Survivorship; Univariate analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6752-5_9

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