Trends in elderly health by cohort: Evidence from China

doi:10.1016/j.chieco.2017.05.001

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	Trends in elderly health by cohort: Evidence from China
	Yu, Yangyang 1; Sloan, Frank A.2
刊名	CHINA ECONOMIC REVIEW
	2017-07
卷号	44 页码:282-295
关键词	Cohort China Elderly health Physical function Obesity
ISSN号	1043-951X
DOI	10.1016/j.chieco.2017.05.001
英文摘要	China has the world's largest number of older persons and is undergoing rapid demographic and economic transitions. Using longitudinal data from seven waves of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) spanning 1991-2009, this study examines trends by birth cohort for persons born during 1912-54 on several dimensions of elderly health chronic diseases, physical function limitations, and excess weight. A fixed effects specification was used to distinguish trends in health, physical function, and weight common to all adult age groups and differential trends in these measures according to the person's birth year. The empirical results show that while there was a decline in physical function limitations over time, persons born in later years were more likely to experience a stroke and physical function limitations at older ages than were persons born earlier. A similar pattern occurred for stroke, but not for the other heath indicators. These findings are robust after accounting for sample attrition. The secular changes in health and function could have occurred for several reasons, Among the underlying mechanisms the data allow us to analyze, improved access to medical care and expanded health insurance coverage only had minor effects on observed changes in health and physical function.
WOS研究方向	Business & Economics
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
WOS记录号	WOS:000404072500019
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://10.2.47.112/handle/2XS4QKH4/947]
专题	上海财经大学
通讯作者	Sloan, Frank A.
作者单位	1.Shanghai Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Publ Econ & Adm, 210 Room,Fenghuang Bldg,111 Wuchuan Rd, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China; 2.Duke Univ, Dept Econ, 213 Social Sci Bldg,Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yu, Yangyang,Sloan, Frank A.. Trends in elderly health by cohort: Evidence from China[J]. CHINA ECONOMIC REVIEW,2017,44:282-295.
APA	Yu, Yangyang,&Sloan, Frank A..(2017).Trends in elderly health by cohort: Evidence from China.CHINA ECONOMIC REVIEW,44,282-295.
MLA	Yu, Yangyang,et al."Trends in elderly health by cohort: Evidence from China".CHINA ECONOMIC REVIEW 44(2017):282-295.