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The impact of social participation on older people’s death risk: an analysis from CLHLS

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: This study uses nested Cox proportional hazard models to analyze data from five waves (2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014) of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey. We found that secular social participation and religious participation both contributed to statistically lower death risk among older respondents. These associations still held after controlling for a wide range of covariates. In particular, secular social participation predicted a greater decrease in death risk and had interactive effects with gender and age-group. Female and young–old adults enjoyed more health benefits from participating in secular social activities than their male or old–old counterparts, respectively. This interactive effect was not observed regarding the impact of religious participation on death hazard.

Source: China Population and Development Studies

DOI: 10.1007/s42379-018-0008-x

Authors: Jiawei Wu, Jianxin Li

Institutions: King's College London, Peking University

Language: English

Topic: Health disparities and outcomes

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,890