The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Disability Trajectory of the Elderly in China
- DOI
- 10.2991/sohe-18.2018.14How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- China, Socioeconomic Status, Older Adults, Disability Trajectory, Group-Based Trajectory Mode
- Abstract
Using data from the Chinese Longitudinal Health Longevity Surveys of 2005, 2008 and 2011, the authors analyzed the impact of socioeconomic status (SES) on disability trajectory (DT) by multivariate logistic regression and a group-based model. Analysis shows that three types of DT exist for elders: Type 1, independent; Type 2, low start, rapidly increasing in late life; and Type 3, high start, rapid development. Literate elderly and elderly with higher occupational status are more likely to be assigned to a higher level DT type. Poor economic status (ES) always aggravates the development trend of DT. When designing programs preventing disability of older adults, differences of DTs should be considered.
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- © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Jun Li AU - Hongman Wang PY - 2018/05 DA - 2018/05 TI - The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Disability Trajectory of the Elderly in China BT - Proceedings of the 2018 Symposium on Health and Education (SOHE 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 78 EP - 87 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/sohe-18.2018.14 DO - 10.2991/sohe-18.2018.14 ID - Li2018/05 ER -