{"product_id":"healthy-longevity-in-china-yi-zeng-9781402067518","title":"Healthy Longevity in China: Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Psychological Dimensions","description":"\u003cp\u003eKey research in the world's largest aging population - in China - has fed into this important new work, which aims to answer questions critical to older people worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese include: is the period of disability compressing or expanding with increasing life expectancy and what factors are associated with these trends in the recent decades?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd is it possible to realize morbidity compression with a prolongation of the life span in the future? Essential reading for gerontologists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChina is aging at an extraordinary speed and has the largest quantity of elderly persons in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScholars here have utilized this unprecedented human living experience as well as the unique Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) datasets to come up with this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first section of the book presents the CLHLS project's study design, sample distribution, contents of data collected, and assessments of age reporting and data quality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe remaining chapters are grouped into sections dealing with the demographic, social, economic, familial and psychological dimensions of healthy longevity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResearch findings reported in this book are instrumental in the ultimate realization of the long-term dream of healthy longevity, that is, not only living longer, but living a healthier life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yi Zeng\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1402067518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781402067518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d","brand":"Yi Zeng","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47424314474751,"sku":"9781402067518","price":169.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f6da316b-119c-41b4-839c-bbeac6847d90.jpg?v=1761529514","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/healthy-longevity-in-china-yi-zeng-9781402067518","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}