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| Religious participation and mortality risk among the oldest old in China | | Author(s) | Wei Zhang |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 63B, no 5, September 2008 |
| Pages | pp S293-S297 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Religion ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Participation ; Death ; At risk ; Correlation ; China. |
| Annotation | More research into the social factors responsible for health and well-being is called for in respect of China's rapidly ageing population. The author used the 1998 and 2000 waves of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Study to estimate Cox proportional hazards models for a nationwide sample of Chinese aged 85 to 105. Controlling for a wide range of covariates, religious participation was found to be significantly associated with lower risk of mortality for oldest old women and for individuals in poor health. Engaging in leisure activities and exercises partially accounted for this association. Findings suggest that religious participation, associated with other socially integrated and cognitively stimulating activities, predicts mortality risk among oldest old Chinese; and religious participation offers psychosocial resources that are likely to compensate for the increased mortality risk associated with disadvantaged socioeconomic conditions for certain vulnerable groups, such as women and individuals in poor health. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081009216 A |
| Classmark | TR: EX: TMB: CW: CA3: 49: 7DC |
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