Gender Differences in the Effects of Self-rated Health Status on Mortality Among the Oldest Old in China

Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis

Volumn 20, Issue , 2008, Pages 397-418

  Chen, Jiajian ^a   Wu, Zheng ^b  

^a EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chinese oldest old; Cox proportional hazards regression; education; gender difference; inexpensive instrument; interviewer rated health; moderating effect; mortality; mortality converge; predictive power; predictor; psychosocial factors; self rated health; subjective dimension

Indexed keywords

EID: 85145041380     PISSN: 18772560     EISSN: 22151990     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6752-5_24     Document Type: Chapter

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