Patterns of productive aging among Vietnamese war survivors: The influential role of early-life war exposure and past military service.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

War disrupts millions of lives, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where armed conflicts are most frequent. Although war has received extensive research attention, its long-term impact on productive aging remains unclear. This study investigates how early-life war exposure affects productive aging among older Vietnamese war survivors and examines the moderating role of past military service and gender.

Methods

Data come from the Vietnam Health and Aging Study (N = 2,447 war survivors aged 60+). Latent class analysis identifies patterns of later-life engagement across five domains: work, in-kind support, caregiving, community involvement, and self-development. Multinomial logistic regression analyses assess the associations between war exposu

SUBMITTER: Hamm SI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12303374 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature