中国高龄老人死亡风险的社会经济差异分析-ResearchGate.pptVIP

Social-economic Differentials of the Dying Risk of the oldest-old Chinese 1998-2002 Liu, Guiping Max-Planck-Institute for Demographic Research Summary 1. Briefing the existing studies 2. A simple framework 3. Data and method 4. Variables and descriptive statistics 5. Statistical outcomes 6. Main findings 7. Brief discussion 1.Briefing the existing studies 1. Kannisto (1994) reported the differentials of mortality at high ages in developed countries. No social economic factors were involved. 2. Martelin, Koskinen, Valkonen (1998): the dying risk of the oldest-old Finish is significantly associated with income level, educational attainment, occupational experience,marital status, residential place,linguistic attachment. 3. The similar researches in developing countries are rare. 2.A simple framework 3. Data and method Data: the second wave of Chines Healthy Longevity Survey 2000 Starting time of the observation:1998 base-line survey Method: Cox Proportional Hazard Model 4.Variables Variables: age group, sex , place of birth,ethnicity; years of education, number of children ever born; number of biological siblings, birth orders, main occupation before age 60; marital status, living arrangement, main source of financial support, self-rated health status. 5. The descriptive statistics Majority of the oldest-old were born in countryside; Hans account for major proportion of the interviewees; A few people received education longer than seven years; Fifty percent of the interviewees were farm labors before age 60; Eighty percent of the interviewees were taken care by children, grand-children, or children-in-law when they were ill; Eighty-four percent of the oldest-old are living with household members; Sixty-five percent of the oldest-old depended on their children financially. 6. Statistical outcomes (1) Age group relative risk of dying 80-84(ref.) 1.00 85-89 1.27* 90-94