title: [Social determinants of the life quality among the elderly in Beijing, China].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To verify the association between social determinants and the quality of life (QoL) among the elderly in Beijing.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire household survey was conducted and 1 685 over 60 dwellers in Beijing were interviewed. The EQ-5D scale was used to measure the elderly's QoL and Time Trade-off model was used to calculate the EQ-5D index. Multiple linear regression and Logistic regression were employed to analyze the association between social determinants and the QoL.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no statistical significant difference in the QoL between the urban and the rural residents (P>0.05). The elderly with higher education level and income or married tended to have higher overall QoL scores and better performance of five dimensions of the QoL (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  More policies should be focused on the elderly with lower social determinants in both urban and rural areas in Beijing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Administration, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing 100191,China.
authors.forename: Tong-tong
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ren-fei
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002681:China; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D016015:Logistic Models; D011788:Quality of Life; D012424:Rural Population; D012931:Social Environment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population