title: Individual and province inequalities in health among older people in China: evidence and policy implications.
abstract: This paper uses multi-level modelling to analyse data from the nationally-representative Chinese Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in order to investigate the characteristics associated with poor health among older people, including individual and household characteristics as well as the characteristics of the provinces in which the older person lives (contextual effects). The results show that older Chinese women, rural residents, those with an education level lower than high school, without individual income sources, who are ex-smokers, and those from poor economic status households are more likely to report disability and poor self-rated health. Differentials in the health outcomes remain substantial between provinces even after controlling for a number of individual and household characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research on Ageing and ESRC Centre for Population Change, Social Sciences, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Evandrou
authors.affiliation: ESRC Centre for Population Change and Centre for Research on Ageing, Social Sciences, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Falkingham
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research on Ageing, Social Sciences, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Southampton, University Road, SO17 1BJ Southampton, UK. Electronic address: Z.Feng@soton.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Zhixin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research on Ageing and ESRC Centre for Population Change, Social Sciences, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: Athina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vlachantoni
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012424:Rural Population
keywords: China; Elderly; Health; Inequality; Province