Japanese older people are not willing to live long: Culturally distinctive meaning attached to longevity
Using the stereotype embodiment theory as a framework, we investigated older Japanese people’s willingness/unwillingness to live to 100 and the reasons they gave for their responses. We performed a multiple logistic regression and a thematic content analysis using data from 451 community-dwelling older people (ages 77 to 81). 28.2% of respondents wished to
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