Changes in self-perceived economic satisfaction and mortality at old ages: Evidence from a survey of middle-aged and elderly adults in Taiwan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-8

  Lee, Miaw Chwen ^a   Huang, Nicole ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Life course; Mortality; Self perceived economic satisfaction; Social mobility; Socioeconomic status; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MOBILITY; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INCOME; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETIREMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL TIME; TAIWAN; TAIWANESE; WELFARE; AGING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

TAIWAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84921972687     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.01.047     Document Type: Article

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