PROJECT 
Comparative Study of Aging and Health in Asia

Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type.

2005
Baker, Kristine R., Mary Beth Ofstedal, Zachary Zimmer, Zhe Tang, and Yi-Li Chuang. "Reciprocal effects of health and economic well-being among older adults in Taiwan and Beijing," Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 197. New York: Population Council. (abstract) (PDF)

Kaneda, Toshiko, Zachary Zimmer, and Zhe Tang. "Socioeconomic status differentials in life and active life expectancy among older adults in Beijing," Disability and Rehabilitation 27(5): 241–251.* Also issued as "Differentials in life expectancy and active life expectancy by socioeconomic status among older adults in Beijing," Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 189. New York: Population Council, 2004. (abstract) (PDF)

Zimmer, Zachary. “Health and living arrangement transitions among China’s oldest-old,” Research on Aging 27(5): 526–555. (abstract)

Zimmer, Zachary, Linda G. Martin, and Hui-Sheng Lin. “Determinants of old-age mortality in Taiwan,” Social Science and Medicine 60(3): 457–470.* Also issued as Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 181. New York: Population Council, 2003. (abstract) (PDF)

Zimmer, Zachary, Linda G. Martin, Mary Beth Ofstedal, and Yi-Li Chuang. “Education of adult children and mortality of their elderly parents in Taiwan,” Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 199. New York: Population Council. (abstract) (PDF)

2004
Zimmer, Zachary, Napaporn Chayovan, Hui-Sheng Lin, and Josefina Natividad. “How indicators of socioeconomic status relate to physical functioning of older adults in three Asian societies,” Research on Aging 26(2): 224–258. (abstract) Also issued as Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 172. New York: Population Council, 2001. (abstract) (PDF)

Zimmer, Zachary and Julia Kwong. “Socioeconomic status and health among older adults in rural and urban China,” Journal of Aging and Health 16(1): 44–70. (abstract)

2003
Ofstedal, Mary Beth, Zachary Zimmer, Grace Cruz, Angelique Chan, and Yu-Hsuan Lin. “Self-assessed health expectancy among older Asians: A comparison of Sullivan and multistate life table methods,” Comparative Study of the Elderly in Asia Research Report no. 03-60. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Population Studies Center.*

Zimmer, Zachary. “The aging of Asia: Demands of demographic change,” Orgyn 14(1): 46–51.*

Zimmer, Zachary and Julia Kwong. “Family size and support of older adults in urban and rural China: Current effects and future implications,” Demography 40(1): 23–44. (abstract)

2002
Zimmer, Zachary, Linda G. Martin, and Ming-Cheng Chang. “Changes in functional limitation and survival among older Taiwanese, 1993, 1996, and 1999,” Population Studies 56(3): 265–276.* Also issued as Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 155. New York: Population Council, 2002. (abstract) (PDF)

* Not available from the Population Council.

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