Individual and province inequalities in health among older people in China: evidence and policy implications
Individual and province inequalities in health among older people in China: evidence and policy implications
This paper uses multi-level modelling to analyse data from the nationally-representative Chinese Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in order to investigate the characteristics associated with poor health among older people, including individual and household characteristics as well as the characteristics of the provinces in which the older person lives (contextual effects). The results show that older Chinese women, rural residents, those with an education level lower than high school, without individual income sources, who are ex-smokers, and those from poor economic status households are more likely to report disability and poor self-rated health. Differentials in the health outcomes remain substantial between provinces even after controlling for a number of individual and household characteristics.
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Evandrou, Maria
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Falkingham, Jane
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Feng, Zhixin
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Vlachantoni, Athina
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November 2014
Evandrou, Maria
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Falkingham, Jane
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Feng, Zhixin
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Vlachantoni, Athina
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Evandrou, Maria, Falkingham, Jane, Feng, Zhixin and Vlachantoni, Athina
(2014)
Individual and province inequalities in health among older people in China: evidence and policy implications.
Health & Place, 30, .
(doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.08.009).
(PMID:25262491)
Abstract
This paper uses multi-level modelling to analyse data from the nationally-representative Chinese Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in order to investigate the characteristics associated with poor health among older people, including individual and household characteristics as well as the characteristics of the provinces in which the older person lives (contextual effects). The results show that older Chinese women, rural residents, those with an education level lower than high school, without individual income sources, who are ex-smokers, and those from poor economic status households are more likely to report disability and poor self-rated health. Differentials in the health outcomes remain substantial between provinces even after controlling for a number of individual and household characteristics.
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Accepted/In Press date: 22 August 2014
e-pub ahead of print date: 30 September 2014
Published date: November 2014
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/369544
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