Healthy Longevity in China

by Zeng, Y.; Poston, Dudley L., Jr.; Vlosky, Denese Ashbaugh; Gu, Danan

• ISBN13: 9781402067518
• ISBN10: 1402067518
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-05
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

China is aging at an extraordinary speed and has the largest quantity of elderly persons in the world. Scholars utilize this unprecedented living experience of human being and the unique Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) datasets with the aim to answer in this volume the following questions critical to the aging population world wide. Is the period of disability compressing or expanding with increasing life expectancy and what factors are associated with these trends in the recent decades? Is it possible to realize morbidity compression with a prolongation of the life span in the future? The first section of the book presents the CLHLS projecta??s study design, sample distribution, contents of data collected, and assessments of age reporting and data quality. The remaining chapters are grouped into sections dealing with the demographic, social, economic, familial and psychological dimensions of healthy longevity. This volume contributes to the development of scientific knowledge related to the a??slowing downa?? of the pace of progression of morbidity with mortality declines at older ages. Research findings reported in this book are instrumental in the ultimate realization of the long-term dream of healthy longevity, that is, not only living longer, but living a healthier life.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Aging and Aged Dependency in China	p. 1
Introduction to the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS)	p. 23
General Data Quality Assessment of the CLHLS	p. 39
Reliability of Age Reporting Among the Chinese Oldest-Old in the CLHLS Datasets	p. 61
Age Reporting in the CLHLS: A Re-assessment	p. 79
Assessment of Reliability of Mortality and Morbidity in the 1998-2002 CLHLS Waves	p. 99
The Effects of Sociodemographic Factors on the Hazard of Dying Among Chinese Oldest Old	p. 121
When I'm 104: The Determinants of Healthy Longevity Among the Oldest-Old in China	p. 133
Association of Education with the Longevity of the Chinese Elderly	p. 149
Analysis of Health and Longevity in the Oldest-Old Population - A Health Capital Approach	p. 157
The More Engagement, the Better? A Study of Mortality of the Oldest Old in China	p. 177
Living Arrangements and Psychological Disposition of the Oldest Old Population in China	p. 197
Health and Living Arrangement Transitions among China's Oldest-old	p. 215
Intergenerational Support and Self-rated Health of the Elderly in Rural China: An Investigation in Chaohu, Anhui Province	p. 235
The Effects of Adult Children's Caregiving on the Health Status of Their Elderly Parents: Protection or Selection?	p. 251
The Challenge to Healthy Longevity: Inequality in Health Care and Mortality in China	p. 269
Successful Ageing of the Oldest-Old in China	p. 293
Impairments and Disability in the Chinese and American Oldest-Old Population	p. 305
Tooth Loss Among the Elderly in China	p. 315
Psychological Resources for Well-Being Among Octogenarians, Nonagenarians, and Centenarians: Differential Effects of Age and Selective Mortality	p. 329
An Exploration of the Subjective Well-Being of the Chinese Oldest-Old	p. 347
Social Support and Self-Reported Quality of Life: China's Oldest Old	p. 357
Mortality Predictability of Self-Rated Health Among the Chinese Oldest Old: A Time-Varying Covariate Analysis	p. 377
Gender Differences in the Effects of Self-rated Health Status on Mortality Among the Oldest Old in China	p. 397
Epilogue: Future Agenda	p. 419
Index	p. 429
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