The Effects of Sociodemographic Factors on the Hazard of Dying Among Chinese Oldest Old

Dudley L. Poston () and Hosik Min
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Dudley L. Poston: Texas A&M University, Department of Sociology

Chapter Chapter 7 in Healthy Longevity in China, 2008, pp 121-132 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The oldest old population of China has grown in size and continues to increase. The growth is due to the combination of very low levels of fertility and longer life expectancy in China. However, there is not enough sociological and demographic literature about oldest old mortality in China. In this chapter we undertake Cox proportional hazard analyses and examine the effects of sociodemograhic factors on the hazard of dying among oldest old Chinese. Data on 7,234 oldest old Chinese who were interviewed in the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) were used in the analyses. The results indicate that sociodemographic variables such as age, sex, and marital status are strong predictors of the hazard of dying among the oldest old Chinese after controlling for other health-related variables. In terms of the relative impact among the covariates, the age variable is the most influential factor.

Keywords: Chinese oldest-old mortality; Cox proportional hazard model; Hazard of dying; Hazard ratio; Influential factor; Kaplan–Meier Curve; Multicollinearity; Population aging; Semi-standardized hazard ratio; Sociodemographic factors; Strong predictors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6752-5_7

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