Inequality of healthy life expectancy for the Chinese elderly and its trend

Abstract In this study, we use long-term follow-up survey data to explore the inequality of the healthy life expectancy among the elderly and the trends of such expectancy among different birth cohorts and at different ages. The results show that older people with higher socioeconomic status do not...

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Main Author: Kaishan Jiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-11-01
Series:The Journal of Chinese Sociology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40711-019-0111-3