Individual educational attainment, neighborhood-socioeconomic contexts, and self-rated health of middle-aged and elderly Chinese: Exploring the mediating role of social engagement

Health and Place

Volumn 44, Issue , 2017, Pages 8-17

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Wu, Yan Yan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Elderly Chinese; Neighborhood socioeconomic contexts; Self rated health; Social engagement

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH STATUS; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIOECONOMIC CONTEXT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; CHINA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

CHINA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85009291227     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.12.006     Document Type: Article

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