{"product_id":"9781402067518","title":"The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis: Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Psychological Dimensions","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis: Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Psychological Dimensions\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eZeng, Yi; Poston, Dudley L.; Ashbaugh Vlosky, Denese; Gu, Danan\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\n\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\n\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\n\u003cp\u003eChina is aging at an extraordinary speed and has the largest quantity of elderly persons in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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\n\u003cp\u003eThe remaining chapters are grouped into sections dealing with the demographic, social, economic, familial and psychological dimensions of healthy longevity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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 \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2008-03-20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781402067518\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4020-6752-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x156cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 436\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49471184044172,"sku":"9781402067518","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781402067518.jpg?v=1777982040","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781402067518","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}