Education and mortality among older adults in China

被引：44

作者：

Luo, Ye ^{[1
]}

Zhang, Zhenmei ^{[2
]}

Gu, Danan ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Clemson Univ, Dept Sociol & Anthropol, Clemson, SC 29634 USA

[2] Michigan State Univ, Dept Sociol, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA

[3] UN, Populat Div, New York, NY 10017 USA

来源：

SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE | 2015年 / 127卷

关键词：

Education; Mortality; Older adults; Gender; China; SOCIOECONOMIC-FACTORS; LIFE-COURSE; GENDER-DIFFERENCES; FUNCTIONAL HEALTH; AGE MORTALITY; DIFFERENTIALS; INEQUALITIES; GRADIENT; MORBIDITY; PATTERNS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.09.039

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

This study examines the relationship between education and mortality, its underlying mechanisms, and its gender and age variations among older adults in China, using data from the 2002 to 2011 waves of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey. There is an inverse relationship between education and mortality risk. The relationship is explained in full by each of the three mechanisms: other socioeconomic attainments, social relationships and activities, and health status, and partially by physical exercise. In addition, primary education has a stronger effect on mortality for men than for women and the effect of education is stronger for the young old than for the oldest old. These findings underscore the importance of national and subpopulation contexts in understanding the relationship between education and mortality. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：134 / 142

页数：9

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