When I’m 104: The Determinants of Healthy Longevity Among the Oldest-Old in China

D.A. Ahlburg (), E. Jensen and R. Liao
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D.A. Ahlburg: University of Colorado, Leeds School of Business

Chapter Chapter 8 in Healthy Longevity in China, 2008, pp 133-148 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter uses the first wave of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey 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; Childhood socioeconomic status; Chronic conditions; Determinants; Functional limitations; Global health; Health status; Healthy longe-vity; Interviewer’s assessment; Multidimensional concept; Oldest-old; Personality; Physical health measures; Quality of life; Regional differences; Self-rated health; Socioeconomic factors; Socioeconomic status; Subjective measures of health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6752-5_8

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