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The association between resilience and survival among Chinese elderly

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  • Ke Shen

    (Fudan University)

  • Yi Zeng

    (Duke University)

Abstract

Based on the unique longitudinal data of the elderly aged 65+ with a sufficiently large sub-sample of the oldest-old aged 85+ from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey, we construct a resilience scale with 7 indicators for the Chinese elderly, based on the framework of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. Cox proportional hazards regression model estimates show that, after controlling for socio-demographic characteristics and initial health status, the total resilience score and most factors of the resilience scale are significantly associated with reduced mortality risk among the young-old and oldest-old. Although the causal mechanisms remain to be investigated, effective measures to promote resilience are likely to have a positive effect on longevity of the elderly in China.

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  • Ke Shen & Yi Zeng, 2010. "The association between resilience and survival among Chinese elderly," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 23(5), pages 105-116.
    • Handle: RePEc:dem:demres:v:23:y:2010:i:5
    DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2010.23.5
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    1. Anwal Ghulam & Marialaura Bonaccio & Simona Costanzo & Alessandro Gialluisi & Federica Santonastaso & Augusto Di Castelnuovo & Chiara Cerletti & Maria Benedetta Donati & Giovanni de Gaetano & Francesc, 2021. "Association of Psychological Resilience with All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in a General Population in Italy: Prospective Findings from the Moli-Sani Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(1), pages 1-12, December.
    2. Yi Zeng & Melanie D. Sereny Brasher & Danan Gu & James W. Vaupel, 2015. "Older parents benefit more in health outcome from daughters’ than sons’ care in China," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2015-004, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.

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    Keywords

    China; healthy life expectancy; residence; mortality risk; survival;
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    JEL classification:

    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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