Work

Population Aging and Health Trajectories at Older Ages

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: There were errors in the notes of Table 1 and in the title of Table 3 of this article. The corrected tables are below. Descriptive Statistics and Bivariate Analysis by Age Structure Categories, National Survey of Japanese Elderly Adults, Waves 1–7 (n = 16,957) Note: SRH = Self-rated health; C-SRH = Self-rated health comparison to age-peers. *Statistically different from the younger municipalities at p ≤ .05. Descriptive Statistics and Bivariate Analysis by Age Structure Categories, National Survey of Japanese Elderly Adults, Waves 1–7 (n = 16,957) Note: SRH = Self-rated health; C-SRH = Self-rated health comparison to age-peers. *Statistically different from the younger municipalities at p ≤ .05. Odds Ratios for Reporting Worse Health than Age-Peers, Conditional upon Random Effects Note: *p ≤ .05; **p ≤ .01; ***p ≤ .001. Odds Ratios for Reporting Worse Health than Age-Peers, Conditional upon Random Effects Note: *p ≤ .05; **p ≤ .01; ***p ≤ .001. The original article has been corrected.

Source: The Journals of Gerontology Series B

DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbx088

Authors: Eric M Vogelsang, James M Raymo, Jersey Liang, Erika Kobayashi, Taro Fukaya

Institutions: California State University, San Bernardino, University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Michigan, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology

Language: English

Topic: Aging, Health, and Disability

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: University of Wisconsin-Madison, National Institute on Aging