A cross-sectional study of self-rated health among older adults: a comparison of China and the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We used nationally representative samples of China and the US older population to investigate (1) whether factors influencing self-rated health among older Chinese were similar to those among older Americans; and (2) whether there was a significant cross-national difference in self-rated health between China and the USA after controlling those available influencing factors.

Design

A cross-sectional study. Data came from the 2014 Health and Retirement Study and China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study conducted from 2014 to 2015.

Participants

Our final sample size totaled 8905 older adults in the USA and 4442 older adults in China.

Outcome

The response variable was self-rated health. Ordered logistic regression models were conducted to investiga

SUBMITTER: Xu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6677996 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature