Session 79: Advances in Healthy Life Expectancy Research

Friday, April 1 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM Room 407 Level 4

1.	How Does Use of ‘Special’ Equipment Affect the Black-White Gap in Active Life Expectancy  •  J. Scott Brown, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Scott M. Lynch, Princeton University

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Trends in Disability in France over the Two Past Decades in the Light of the International Context and the Theoretical Explanations for the Disability Pattern  •  Emmanuelle Cambois, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Pierre Mormiche, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE)

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Decomposing the Urban-Rural Gap in Life and Active Life Expectancies: Why Do Urban Elderly in Beijing Live Longer Healthier Lives than Their Rural Counterparts?  •  Toshiko Kaneda, Population Reference Bureau; Zachary Zimmer, Population Council; Zhe Tang, Beijing Municipal Network for Health & Care of the Elderly; Xianghua Fang, Beijing Municipal Network for Health & Care of the Elderly

4.	Active Life Expectancy of the Elderly Japanese: 1987, 1990 and 1999  •  Yasuhiko Saito, Nihon University; Eileen Crimmins, University of Southern California

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