Healthy longevity in China
Subtitle: demographic, socioeconomic, and psychological dimensions
By: edited by Zeng Yi ... [et al.].
Series: The Springer series on demographic methods and population analysis -- 20; Springer series on demographic methods and population analysis -- 20.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Dordrecht?]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 435
ISBN-13: 9781402067525; 9781402067518
Subjects: Aging; Health and hygiene; MEDICAL; Reproductive Medicine & Technology; Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Study; Longevity; Sante  et hygie  ne; Older people; Personnes a ge es; Longe vite; Vieillissement
Description: China is aging at an extraordinary speed and has the largest quantity of elderly persons in the world. Scholars utilize this unprecedented living experience of human being and the unique Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) datasets with the aim to answer in this volume the following questions critical to the aging population world wide. Is the period of disability compressing or expanding with increasing life expectancy and what factors are associated with these trends in the recent decades? Is it possible to realize morbidity compression with a prolongation of the life span.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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