Reprint of: Health outcomes and socio-economic status among the mid-aged and elderly in China: Evidence from the CHARLS national baseline data

Journal of the Economics of Ageing

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-73

  Lei, Xiaoyan ^a   Sun, Xiaoting ^b   Strauss, John ^c   Zhao, Yaohui ^a   Yang, Gonghuan ^d   Hu, Perry ^b   Hu, Yisong ^a   Yin, Xiangjun ^e  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese elderly; Health status; Health SES correlations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914819110     PISSN: 2212828X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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