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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 +3 more
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BMC Public HealthObjectives 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 +7 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 +6 more
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The Effect of China’s New Rural Social Pension Insurance ——Evidence from CHARLS [PDF]
, 2016 2000年以来我国人口老龄化形势日益严峻，养老问题已经成为政府和学术界共同关心的、最迫切需要解决的焦点问题。相较于城镇，我国农村居民的养老问题则更为严峻。为了解决我国农村居民的养老问题，早在1980年代，我国就开始在一些经济发达、满足条件的地区探索性地构建农村社会养老保险体系。在前期农村社会养老保险制度的理论研究和试点经验的基础上，国务院于2009年9月明确提出开展新型农村社会养老保险试点，并充分阐述了新型农村社会养老保险制度的内容，决定于2009年实行新型农村社会养老保险制度 ...
戴玲燕
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PLoS ONEBackgroundThis study aimed to longitudinally investigate the impact of baseline frailty status and its changes over time on the risk of incident urinary incontinence (UI) in older adults, using data from two large prospective cohorts.MethodsThis study ...
Xiaohan Gan +4 more
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Experimental GerontologyObjective: 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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BMJ Open, 2019 Objectives This study aims to examine the association between self-rated health (SRH) and levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) among adults aged 45 to 101 years old in rural areas of China, and to explore the role of education in the association.Design ...
Hui-Xin Wang +4 more
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The Aging MaleBackground Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of global mortality. The metabolic score for visceral fat (Mets-VF) integrates metabolic dysfunction and visceral adiposity, yet the effects of its long-term cumulative exposure (cuMets-VF ...
Lisi Xu, Miao Sun
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Son biased investments and old age support [PDF]
, 2017 Son biased investments are common in many Asian countries where sons are customarily responsible for providing old age support to parents. Using data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, I find that parents invested nearly twice more ...
Ho, Christine
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The Long-term Health Effects of Mass Political Violence: Evidence From China’s Cultural Revolution [PDF]
There is much interest in the causes of several adverse health outcomes in middle and old age. In searching for new explanations for adverse health outcomes later in life, researchers have started to look beyond behavioural risk factors to examine the ...
Asadul Islam +2 more
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