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Quality-of-Life Evaluation among the Oldest-Old in China under the “Active Aging Framework”
China is facing an increasingly contradictory challenge between growing demand for health services for the oldest-old and the unbalanced and inadequate development in the context of rapid population aging. This study sought to evaluate the quality of life of the oldest-old in China under the active...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9031229/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35457438 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084572 |
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author | Xu, Xin Zhao, Yuan Zhou, Jianfang Xia, Siyou |
author_facet | Xu, Xin Zhao, Yuan Zhou, Jianfang Xia, Siyou |
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description | China is facing an increasingly contradictory challenge between growing demand for health services for the oldest-old and the unbalanced and inadequate development in the context of rapid population aging. This study sought to evaluate the quality of life of the oldest-old in China under the active aging framework. Health, participation, and security data were sourced from China Statistics/Labor Statistics/Civil Affairs Yearbook 2000–2016 and National 1% Sample Survey Data 2005–2015. Then, we used the current life table, entropy method, coefficient variation, and panel data regression to evaluate the quality of life among the oldest-old and reveal its regional differences and mechanisms. The results show: (1) From 2005 to 2015, the overall quality of life in China steadily improved, and the quality of health, participation, and security of the oldest-old increased by 6.06%, 5.64%, and 47.48%, respectively. (2) Distinct regional disparities exist in the distribution of quality of life for the oldest-old in China; the “east–northeast–middle–west” stepped-declining pattern existed stably. (3) Population and family structure, economic development, and social security were the main reasons for the regional differences in quality of life for the oldest-old. Narrowing the socioeconomic gap between regions, promoting the function of family pension, and improving social old-age service supply will help improve the quality of life of the oldest-old. |
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spelling | pubmed-90312292022-04-23 Quality-of-Life Evaluation among the Oldest-Old in China under the “Active Aging Framework” Xu, Xin Zhao, Yuan Zhou, Jianfang Xia, Siyou Int J Environ Res Public Health Article China is facing an increasingly contradictory challenge between growing demand for health services for the oldest-old and the unbalanced and inadequate development in the context of rapid population aging. This study sought to evaluate the quality of life of the oldest-old in China under the active aging framework. Health, participation, and security data were sourced from China Statistics/Labor Statistics/Civil Affairs Yearbook 2000–2016 and National 1% Sample Survey Data 2005–2015. Then, we used the current life table, entropy method, coefficient variation, and panel data regression to evaluate the quality of life among the oldest-old and reveal its regional differences and mechanisms. The results show: (1) From 2005 to 2015, the overall quality of life in China steadily improved, and the quality of health, participation, and security of the oldest-old increased by 6.06%, 5.64%, and 47.48%, respectively. (2) Distinct regional disparities exist in the distribution of quality of life for the oldest-old in China; the “east–northeast–middle–west” stepped-declining pattern existed stably. (3) Population and family structure, economic development, and social security were the main reasons for the regional differences in quality of life for the oldest-old. Narrowing the socioeconomic gap between regions, promoting the function of family pension, and improving social old-age service supply will help improve the quality of life of the oldest-old. MDPI 2022-04-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9031229/ /pubmed/35457438 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084572 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Xu, Xin Zhao, Yuan Zhou, Jianfang Xia, Siyou Quality-of-Life Evaluation among the Oldest-Old in China under the “Active Aging Framework” |
title | Quality-of-Life Evaluation among the Oldest-Old in China under the “Active Aging Framework” |
title_full | Quality-of-Life Evaluation among the Oldest-Old in China under the “Active Aging Framework” |
title_fullStr | Quality-of-Life Evaluation among the Oldest-Old in China under the “Active Aging Framework” |
title_full_unstemmed | Quality-of-Life Evaluation among the Oldest-Old in China under the “Active Aging Framework” |
title_short | Quality-of-Life Evaluation among the Oldest-Old in China under the “Active Aging Framework” |
title_sort | quality-of-life evaluation among the oldest-old in china under the “active aging framework” |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9031229/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35457438 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084572 |
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