Trends and Determinants of Healthy Aging in China, 1st ed. 2022
Langue : Anglais
Coordonnateurs : Zeng Yi, Lu Jiehua, Lei Xiaoyan, Shi Xiaoming
This book studies healthy aging in China based on analyses of the datasets of eight waves of longitudinal survey in 1998-2018 with worldwide largest sample of oldest-old. It consists of four parts. The first part reports the 6th, 7th, and 8th surveys of ?Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey? (CLHLS), with the largest sample of oldest-old aged 80+ in the world and comparable sample of young-old aged 65?79, trends and characteristics of physical health and mental health of older adults in China based on analyses of the CLHLS datasets. The second part focuses on analyses and discussions of the influencing factors of healthy aging from perspectives of families, socioeconomics and community environments. The third part reports studies on the gender and age differences in main chronic diseases? prevalence rates, inflammation, anti-oxidation, trace elements, effects of the nutritional dietary structure and the environmental selenium on health among the older adults. The fourth part focuses on the analyses and discussions of policy recommendations to face the serious challenges of the population aging in China and the database of the eight waves of CLHLS from 1998 to 2018, which are available free of charge to scholars, practitioners and general public for scientific research and socioeconomic planning. This book is easy to read and to understand by researchers and the general public, and no special professional background is required.
PART I. TRENDS OF HEALTHY AGING IN CHINA
Chapter 1. Introduction to CLHLS Survey: the 6th and 7th Waves
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Survey design and characteristics of the 6th wave in 2011 and 7th wave in 2014
1.3 Main contents of the survey
1.4 Data quality assessment
Chapter 2. Changes in Socioeconomic Status as Determinants of Health with Increase in Ages: Convergence or Divergence?
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Literature review and research design
2.3 Data and research methods2.4 Research results
2.5 Conclusion
Chapter 3. The Age, Gender, Urban-Rural and Regional Differences in Dynamic Changes of Activity of Daily Living among the Chinese Oldest-old
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Basic information of respondents
3.3 Results of the analyses
3.4 Conclusion
Chapter 4. Trends of Dynamic Changes in Activities of Daily Living, Physical Performance, Cognitive Function and Mortality Rates among the Oldest-old in China
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Data and research methods
4.3 Main research results
4.4 Conclusion
Appendix
Chapter 5. The Trends of Family Support for the Chinese Oldest-old
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Literature review of related research
5.3 Main data resource and research methods
5.4 Changes of family support to the oldest-old in different time periods
5.5 Changes of family support to the oldest-old from different cohorts
5.6 Conclusion
Chapter 6. Analysis on Trends of Future Home-based Care Needs and Costs for Elderly in China
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Basic theoretical framework and multistate projection model for home-based care needs and costs for the elderly
6.3 Data sources, estimates and parameters assumptions
6.4 The projection results and discussions
6.5 Conclusion
PART II. DETERMINANTS OF HEALTHY AGING
Chapter 7. The Impact of Empty-nested Living on Physical and Psychological Health among Chinese Elders
7.1 Introduction 7.2 Literature review
7.3 Research design
7.4 The results and findings
7.5 Conclusion
Chapter 8. The Motives and Mechanisms of Intergenerational Transfer to the Elderly Parents
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Literature review and research design
8.3 Data and research methods
8.4 Research findings
8.5 Conclusion
Chapter 9. Self-Assessment of Health and Life Satisfaction and the Determinants among Elderly
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Data and research methods
9.3 Key findings
9.4 Conclusion
Chapter 10. The Analysis on Gender Difference in Self-rated Health among Elderly in China
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Descriptive analysis
10.3 Multivariate statistical analysis
10.4 Decomposition analysis
10.5 Conclusion
Chapter 11. A Study on the Intensity of Care Needs among the Chinese Elderly
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Data and research methods
11.3 Key research results
11.4 Conclusion
Chapter 12. The Impacts of Universal Medical Insurance Coverage on Health Care Utilization, Financial Burden and Health Status among the Elderly
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Basic characteristics of the elderly
12.3 Changing trend of medical burden among the elderly
12.4 Changing trend of the medical expenses, health care utilization and health status of the elderly
12.5 Econometric model setup
12.6 The impacts of improved social security on health care utilization, financial burden and health status among the elderly
12.7 Conclusion
Appendix
Chapter 13. How Does the New Rural Pension Scheme Remold the Elder-care Pattern in Rural China?
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Literature review
13.3 Theoretical framework and empirical analysis approach
13.4 Data sources and descriptive statistics
13.5 Results of empirical analysis and discussion
13.6 Conclusion
Chapter 14. Effects of the New Rural Society Endowment Insurance Program on Intergenerational Transfer
14.1 Introduction 14.2 Literature review
14.3 Data and descriptive statistics
14.4 Econometric model setup
14.5 Result of empirical analysis
14.6 Conclusion
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Chapter 15. Impacts of Changes in Living Arrangements on Elderly Mortality Risk
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Literature review
15.3 Data and research methods
15.4 results of the analysis
15.5 Conclusion
Chapter 16. Analysis on Influence Factors on Mortality Risk of the Elderly with Mild Cognitive Impairment
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Literature review
16.3 Data sources, research methods and measures
16.4 Key research findings
16.5 Conclusion
Chapter 17. Associations of Community Environmental Factors with Elderly Health and Mortality in China
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Data sources, variable definitions and research methods
17.3 Results of the analysis
17.4 Conclusion
Chapter 17 Appendix
Chapter 18. Effects of Interactions between Environmental and Genetic Factors on Health Aging: A Review on the Relevant Prior Research
18.1 Introduction
18.2 Literature review
18.3 An overview of our previous research
18.4 Conclusion
PART III. ANALYSES OF BIOMARKERS OF THE ELDERLY
Chapter 19. Chronic Diseases, Biomarkers and Their Influencing Factors in the Elderly
19.1 Introduction
19.2 Analysis on chronic diseases and related biomarkers of the elderly in the longevity regions
19.3 Influencing factors of the elderly’ chronic diseases
19.4 Relationship between the elderly’ dietary nutrition and health
19.5 Influencing factors of ADL in the elderly
19.6 Conclusion
Chapter 20. Cognitive Impairment and Biomarkers in the Older Adults
20.1 Introduction
20.2 Prevalence of cognitive impairment in the older adults
20.3 Biomarkers of cognitive impairment
20.4 Conclusion
Chapter 21. Mortality Risk and Biomarkers among the Oldest-old
21.1 Introduction
21.2 Mortality risk of the oldest-old
21.3 Analysis on biomarkers of mortality risk of the oldest-old
21.4 Conclusion
Chapter 22. Selenium and Healthy Aging
22.1 Introduction
22.2 Selenium level in the environment and in the elderly’s body
22.3 Selenium and cognitive function of the elderly
22.4 Selenium and hypertension
22.5 Selenium and dyslipidemia
22.6 Selenium and diabetes 22.7 Conclusion
PART IV. HEALTHY AGING RELATED POLICY ANALYSES
Chapter 23. Demand and Supply of Long-term Care among Elderly in Rural Areas of China and Policy Implications
23.1 Introduction 23.2 Demand of long-term care among elderly in rural areas
23.3 Supply of long-term care among elderly in rural areas
23.4 The impacts of social pension system on care for the elderly: would social pension insurance crowd out care from children?
23.5 Conclusion: policy recommendations
Chapter 24. Impacts of Childhood Socioeconomic Status on Health of Middle-aged and Elderly and Policy Implications
24.1 Introduction
24.2 Literature Review
24.3 Variables and research method
24.4 Analysis of the results
24.5 Conclusion: policy recommendation
Chapter 25. Pattern of Old-age Care in Rural China—Lessons Learned from Fieldworks in the Villages 388
25.1 Introduction
25.2 Research location and objects
25.3 Data and methods
25.4 Research results
25.5 Conclusion: policy recommendations
Chapter 26. Welfare Implications of Intergenerational Co-residence: Mutual Benefits for Older Adults and Their Children
26.1 Introduction
26.2 The impact of intergenerational co-residence on health among the elderly: mental consolation is more than physical caregiving
26.3 The impact of intergenerational co-residence on the female adult children labor force participation: elders are treasures in the family
26.4 Conclusion: policy recommendation of “bring the family back”
Chapter 27. Implementing the Universal Two-child Policy is Largely Beneficial for Facing the Serious Challenges of Population Aging in China
27.1 Introduction
27.2 The estimation and assumptions of parameters for the multistate family households projections
27.3 Impacts on population aging under different scenarios of fertility policies
27.4 Impacts on the other aspects under different scenarios of fertility policies
27.5 Policy recommendations: urge for the full implementation of “universal two-child policy”
Chapter 28. Integrate Administrations of Health, Family Planning, and Population Aging, to Promote Well-being of Billions Families
28.1 Introduction
28.2 The trend of household miniaturization and structural change
28.3 The impacts of household miniaturization on population aging and energy consumption
28.4 Policy recommendations: urge for the integration of health, family planning and population aging administrations
Closing Remarks: Further Study Prospects
Appendix 1 Data Quality Assessment of the 6th and 7th Waves of CLHLS Survey
Appendix 2 Summary Notes of the Domestic Seminars and Training Workshops
Appendix 3 Summary Notes of the International Seminars
Bibliography
3.3 Author information
Please state details of your area of work, honors, etc. It is appreciated if authors‘ biography or CV can be provided, containing the paper publication records as well as book publication records. Please highlight the publications related with the envisaged book.
-- The CVs of the 4 main authors (i.e editors) Yi Zeng, Jiehua Lu, Xiaoyan Lei and Xiaoming Shi are attached.
Yi Zeng is a professor of National School of Development and honorary director of Center for Healthy Aging and Development, Peking University. He is also a professor at the Center for Study of Aging and Human Development and Geriatric Division of School of Medicine, Duke University. He is a member of The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries, and a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received his Ph.D. with Summa Cum Laude from Brussels Free University (1986) and pursued research as Post-doctoral Fellow at Princeton University (1986-87). Up to November, 2021, he has published 388 professional articles in domestic and international journals or as book chapters. He has published thirtyone academic books, including eleven books in English and 20 books in Chinese. Yi Zeng has been awarded four international academic prizes and eleven national academic prizes of China, such as: The International Union for Scientific Studies of Populations (IUSSP) 2021 Laureate which is awarded to one scholar annually worldwide, the Dorothy Thomas Prize of the Population Association of America, the Harold D. Lasswell Prize in Policy Science awarded by the journal Policy Sciences and Kluwer Academic Publishers, the best paper Award of American Journal of Public Health, the national prizes for advancement of science and technology, the highest academic honor of Peking University: "Prize for Outstanding Contributions in Sciences," and the national “Chinese Population Prize (Science and Technology).” In 2019, he received “National Medal of Outstanding Contributions” awarded by the Central Government of China.
Jiehua Lu is a professor of Department of Sociology and deputy director of Center for Healthy Aging and Development Studies at Peking University. He also serves as the vice president of Chinese Population Association and of vice president of Chinese Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics.&nb
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Date de parution : 11-2023
Ouvrage de 487 p.
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Date de parution : 11-2022
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