Socioeconomic status, social capital, health risk behaviors, and health-related quality of life among Chinese older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is limited knowledge on the mediating role of different health risk behavior on the relationship between social capital, socioeconomic status (SES), and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Chinese older adults. We conducted this study to (a) investigate the condition of health risk behaviors of the Chinese elderly, and (b) assess the relationship between SES, social capital, health risk behaviors, and HRQoL.

Methods

A sample of 4868 adults aged 60 years and older were included in this study, from the China's Health-related Quality of Life Survey for Older Adults 2018. Participants' demographic characteristics, SES (education level, family income), health risk behaviors (smoking, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary behavior, unhe

SUBMITTER: Yang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7456043 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature