Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Education, Economics and Management Research (ICEEMR 2017)

An Analysis Based on Social Capital Theory on Health Conditions of Elderly People and Influencing Factors in Tianjin Area

Authors
Xiaofang Wang, Ying Li, Yale Ma, Lancui Li, Qiang He
Corresponding Author
Xiaofang Wang
Available Online May 2017.
DOI
10.2991/iceemr-17.2017.98How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Social capital, health condition, the elderly people, Tianjin area
Abstract

The aim of this paper is to comprehend health conditions of elderly people and figure out what's the influencing factors in Tianjin area and explore the relationship between social capital and health conditions. Then practical social advice is purposely given to improve life conditions of elderly people. The paper is illustrated by questionnaires given to elderly people over 60 in parks, gardens, gyms and other public places in Tianjin. Result: According to ordinal category data Logistic, age, participating insurance, degree of education, social trust and the public participation influence health conditions of elderly people. Conclusion can be drawn that educational propagandas and recreational activities in community should be carried out regularly, then social trust and the public participation of the elderly people in communities should be increased while the medical insurance of the elderly people's self-payment should be decreased and we should consummate the procedure of the medical insurance payment to make it more easy and normal.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Education, Economics and Management Research (ICEEMR 2017)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
May 2017
ISBN
978-94-6252-343-2
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/iceemr-17.2017.98How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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