Does Religious Activity Distinguish the Mortality Experiences of Older Taiwanese? An Analysis Using Eighteen Years of Follow-Up Data.


Journal

Journal of religion and health
ISSN: 1573-6571
Titre abrégé: J Relig Health
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 2985199R

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Feb 2020
Historique:
pubmed: 20 2 2019
medline: 19 5 2020
entrez: 20 2 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

This paper extends investigation of religiosity and longevity to Taiwan using a 1989 survey: N = 3849, aged 60+, with 18 years of follow-up. Religious activity is measured as worship and performance of rituals. A Gompertz regression, adjusted and non-adjusted for covariates and mediating factors, shows the hazard of dying is lower for the religiously active versus the non-active. Transformed into life table functions, a 60-year-old religiously active Taiwanese female lives more than 1 year longer than her non-religious counterpart, ceteris paribus. Mainland Chinese migrants are examined carefully because of unique religious and health characteristics. They live longer, but the religiosity gap is similar.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30778793
doi: 10.1007/s10943-019-00778-x
pii: 10.1007/s10943-019-00778-x
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

289-308

Subventions

Organisme : John Templeton Foundation
ID : 57521
Organisme : Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
ID : Canada Research Chairs Program

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Auteurs

Zachary Zimmer (Z)

Department of Family Studies and Gerontology, Global Ageing and Community Initiative, Mount Saint Vincent University, 166 Bedford Highway, McCain Center 201C, Halifax, NS, B3M2J6, Canada. Zachary.Zimmer@msvu.ca.

Chi-Tsun Chiu (CT)

Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.

Yasuhiko Saito (Y)

Population Research Institute, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan.

Yu-Hsuan Lin (YH)

Surveillance and Research Division, Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taichung, Taiwan.

Mary Beth Ofstedal (MB)

Institute of Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

Carol Jagger (C)

Institute for Ageing, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.

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