老年人是构建和谐社会的一支不可忽视的社会力量，对老年人的研究将直接影响我们对老龄问题认识的深度和广度。《社会经济地位与老年人健康的结构关系（英文版）/社会发展与社会治理系列·云南大学西南边疆少数民族研究中心文库》以对中国和日本三个城市老年人的大规模调杏一为基础，运用多种统计分析方法，建立了社会经济地位、社会交往、生活习惯和健康之间的结构模型，系统地探讨了提升老年健康水平的社会因素。《社会经济地位与老年人健康的结构关系（英文版）/社会发展与社会治理系列·云南大学西南边疆少数民族研》是想要了解老年人的社会学和社会工作专业学生良好的阅读材料，对于从事老年社会工作的人群也具有重要的参考价值。

Chapter 1 Introduction
1．1 Population Aging
1．1．1 Global Population Aging
1．1．2 Population Aging in Japan
1．1．3 Population Aging in China
1．2 Literature Review
1．2．1 Distal Factor： Socioeconomic Status and Health
1．2．2 Proximal Factor： The Mechanism of SES-heahh by Healthy Lifestyle
1．2．3 Mid-range Factor： Social Interaction and Health
1．3 Study Objectives and Significance
1．3．1 A Comprehensive View of Prior Study and Analyses
1．3．2 Objectives of Study
1．3．3 Significance of Study
1．4 Study Design
1．5 Data and Location
1．5．1 profile of Tibet Autonomous Region
1．5．2 Profile of Tama City
1．6 Statistical Methods
1．7 Framework of Dissertation References

Chapter 2 The Mediating Effect of Social Interaction on the Association between Socioeconomic Status and Health Status among Chinese Elderly in Tibet
2．1 Background and Issue
2．2 Methods
2．2．1 Sample
2．2．2 Data Collection
2．2．3 Hypothesized Model
2．2．4 Statistical Analysis
2．3 Results
2．3．1 Frequency Distribution of Characteristics of Samples
2．3．2 Measurement Model
2．3．3 Structural Model
2．4 Discussion
2．5 Conclusions
References

Chapter 3 The Mediating Effect of Social Interaction on the Association between Socioeconomic Status and Health Status among Japanese Elderly in Tama City ．．
3．1 Introduction
3．2 Methods
3．2．1 Research Population
3．2．2 Measures
3．2．3 Statistical Analyses
3．2．4 Hypothesis
3．3 Results
3．3．1 Distribution of Main Variables
3．3．2 Bivariate Analysis
3．3．3 Structural Analysis
3．4 Discussion
3．5 Conclusion
References

Chapter 4 The Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Personal Behaviors on Health among Suburban Japanese Community-dwelling Elderly over Six-year Follow -up
4．1 Introduction
4．2 Material and Methods
4．2．1 Data
4．2．2 Variables
4．2．3 Research Hypothesis
4．2．4 Statistical Analyses
4．3 Results
4．3．1 Bivariate Correlation Analysis Results
4．3．2 Survival Analysis Results
4．3．3 Factor Analysis Results
4．3．4 Structural Analysis Results
4．4 Discussion
4．5 Conclusions
References

Chapter 5 Conclusions and Implications
5．1 Main Findings
5．2 Comparison between Japan and China
5．3 Implications
5．4 Strengths of the Study
5．5 Limitations and Future Issue
References
APPENDIX A Questionnaire for Tibet Autonomous Region
APPENDIX B Questionnaires for Tama City