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Gender Differences in Cognition among Older Adults in China [PDF]

In this paper, the authors model gender differences in cognitive ability in China using a new sample of middle-aged and older Chinese respondents. Modeled after the American Health and Retirement Survey (HRS), the CHARLS Pilot survey respondents are 45 ...
James P. Smith, Xiaoyan Lei, Yahao Zhao, Yuqing Hu   +3 more
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Overconfidence and Health Insurance Participation among the Elderly [PDF]

, 2015
People may have imperfect information about their health status and thus make suboptimal decisions in insurance participation. Using national representative samples of the elderly in US and China, we find that people with lower socio-economic status and ...
Huang, Wei, Luo, Mi
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Measuring the Speed of Aging across Population Subgroups [PDF]

, 2014
People in different subgroups age at different rates. Surveys containing biomarkers can be used to assess these subgroup differences. We illustrate this using hand-grip strength to produce an easily interpretable, physical-based measure that allows us to
Dowd, Jennifer Beam, Sanderson, Warren, Scherbov, Sergei   +2 more
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The association between frailty and falls among individuals aged 60 years and older residing in community settings and experiencing hip fractures in China: a cross-sectional study

The Aging Male
Objectives Previous studies have established a correlation between frailty and an increased risk of falls among middle-aged and elderly individuals within community settings.
Lan Jiang, Shulong Ding, Juxia Wang
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Living Arrangements of the Elderly in China: Evidence from CHARLS [PDF]

Recent increases in Chinese elderly living alone or only with a spouse has raised concerns about elderly support, especially when public support is inadequate.
Lei, Xiaoyan, Strauss, John, Tian, Meng, Zhao, Yaohui   +3 more
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Health Outcomes and Socio-Economic Status among the Elderly in China: Evidence from the CHARLS Pilot [PDF]

We are concerned in this paper with measuring health outcomes among the elderly in Zhejiang and Gansu provinces, China, and examining the relationships between different dimensions of health status and measures of socio-economic status (SES).
Lei, Xiaoyan, Park, Albert, Shen, Yan, Smith, James P., Strauss, John, Yang, Zhe, Zhao, Yaohui   +6 more
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Change in social isolation and risk of frailty among older adults: results from two prospective cohorts

Experimental Gerontology
Objective: This study investigates the longitudinal association between changes in social isolation and incident frailty in older adults. Methods: Older adults from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) and the Survey of Health ...
Fan Zhang, Chang Liu, Yan Bai, Min Cao
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The mediating role of children’s intergenerational support in association between grandparenting and cognitive function among middle-aged and older Chinese: findings from the CHARLS cohort study

BMC Public Health
Objectives With the world’s population increasing in age, there has been a significant rise in the prevalence of cognitive impairment and dementia among individuals.
Xuebei Hou, Yujun Luo, Fen Yang, Xinhong Zhu, Xiaolian Gao, Wenqiang Wang, Guiyuan Qiao, Jing Zhou   +7 more
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Curvilinear association between cardiometabolic index and depressive symptoms in individuals aged 45 and older: a cross-sectional study of CHARLS

Frontiers in Public Health
ObjectiveThis research is aimed at investigating the association between the cardiometabolic index (CMI) and depressive symptoms in Chinese population of middle and older age, using data derived from the CHARLS study.MethodsUsing data from 7,800 ...
Sibo Han, Yingqi Zhang, Bingxin Wu, Qingyun Chen, Zhengyuan Han, Jingmin Chen, Peishan Li, Meimei Xu   +7 more
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Height, Health Human Capital and Quality of Life Among Older Chinese [PDF]

We find that taller people enjoy a higher quality of life at older ages in China. Implications are drawn for investment in health human capital in infancy and adolescence.China, Height, Well ...
Asadul Islam, Paul Raschky, Russell Smyth   +2 more
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