Trends and Determinants of Healthy Aging in China (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer Verlag, Singapore
Country of origin:	Singapore
Release date:	November 2022
First published:	2022
Editors:	Yi Zeng • Jiehua Lu • Xiaoyan Lei • Xiaoming Shi
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	487
Edition:	1st ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-981-19-4153-5
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Chinese
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > General
LSN:	981-19-4153-X
Barcode:	9789811941535

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