Journal Articles

Zimmer Z, Chiu CT, Saito Y, Jagger C, Ofstedal MB and Lin YH. 2019. Religiosity dimensions and disability-free life expectancy in Taiwan. Journal of Aging and Health. First published: April 25, 2019. doi: 10.1177/0898264319843445

Zimmer Z, Rojo F, Ofstedal MB, Chiu CT, Saito Y and Jagger C.  2019.  Religiosity and health: A global comparative study.  Social Science and Medicine: Population Health.  7(April): 1-9.  doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.11.006

Zimmer Z, Chiu CT, Saito Y, Lin YH, Ofstedal MB and Jagger C.  2019. Does religious activity distinguish the mortality experiences of older Taiwanese? An analysis using eighteen-years of follow-up data.  Journal of Religion and Health. First online February 18, 2019. doi: 10.1007/s10943-019-00778-x

Ofstedal MB, Saito Y, Chiu CT, Jagger C and Zimmer Z. 2018. Religion, life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy among older women and men in the Unites States. The Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences. Advance Access publication August 24, 2018. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gby098

Zimmer Z, Jagger C, Chiu CT, Ofstedal MB, Rojo F, Saito Y.  2016. Spirituality, religiosity, aging and health in global perspective: A review. Social Science and Medicine – Population Health. 2(December): 373-381. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.04.009

Symposium at the 21st IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics. San Francisco, USA, July 24, 2017: Religiosity, Health and Aging in International and Cross-Cultural Perspective, Innovation in Aging, Volume 1, Issue suppl_1, 1 July 2017, Pages 675-676. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.2403

Other publications

Haviva C, Zimmer Z, Ofstedal MB, Jagger C, Chiu CT and Saito Y. 2018. A Project Summary: Linking Spirituality and Religiosity to Life and Health Expectancy A Global Comparative Study. Available online at globalagingandcommunity.com/projects/religion-and-health-expectancy/publications/.

Conference presentations

Libby G, Zimmer Z, Chiu CT, Ofstedal MB, Saito Y, Haviva C & Jagger C.  “To what degree do religiosity and spirituality explain healthy life expectancy gaps across Europe?”. Annual Meeting of REVES (The International Network on Health Expectancy and the Disability Process). Ann Arbor, MI, May 30-June 1, 2018.

Zimmer Z, Chiu CT, Saito Y, Lin YH, Ofstedal MB and Jagger C. Does religious activity distinguish the mortality experiences of older Taiwanese?  An analysis using nineteen-years of follow-up data. PAA 2018 Annual Meeting. Denver, CO. April 27, 2018.

Saito Y, Syamala S and Rajan I. Life Expectancy and Active Life Expectancy by Religious Group in Kerala, India. PAA 2018 Annual Meeting. Denver, CO. April 27, 2018.

Zimmer Z, Rojo F, Ofstedal MB, Chiu CT, Jagger C and Saito Y. Multiple measures of religiosity and health: A global comparative study. IUSSP’s 2017 International Population Conference. Cape Town, South Africa, Oct. 29 – Nov. 4, 2017. Please click here to access the full manuscript provided to IUSSP.

Ofstedal MB, Saito Y, Chiu CT, Jagger C and Zimmer Z. Religion, Life Expectancy and Active Life Expectancy in the Unites States. IUSSP’s 2017 International Population Conference. Cape Town, South Africa, Oct. 29 – Nov. 4, 2017.

Chiu CT, Zimmer Z, Jagger C, Ofstedal MB and Saito Y. The Impact of Religious Activity on Life and Healthy Life Expectancy in four European Countries and Israel. 21st IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics. San Francisco, USA, July 24, 2017.

Saito Y, Chan A, Malhotra R, Zimmer Z, Ofstedal MB, Jagger C and Chiu CT. Differentials in Active Life Expectancy by Religion/Religiosity Among Older Adults in Singapore. 21st IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics. San Francisco, USA, July 24, 2017.

Zimmer Z, Chiu CT, Saito Y, Jagger C, Ofstedal MB and Lin Y-H. How do Multiple Dimensions of Religiosity Associate with Total and Disability-Free Life Expectancy among Older Adults in Taiwan? Annual Meeting of REVES (The International Network on Health Expectancy and the Disability Process). Santiago, Chile, May 19, 2017.

Ofstedal MB, Zimmer Z, Chiu CT, Saito Y and Jagger C. Religion, Life and Active Life Expectancy in the United States. Annual Meeting of REVES (The International Network on Health Expectancy and the Disability Process). Santiago, Chile, May 19, 2017.

Chan A, Malhotra R, Zimmer Z, Ofstedal MB, Jagger C, Chiu CT and Saito Y. Differentials in active life expectancy by religion/religiosity among older adults in Singapore. Annual Meeting of REVES (The International Network on Health Expectancy and the Disability Process). Santiago, Chile, May 19, 2017.

Jagger C, Libby G, Chiu CT, Ofstedal MB, Saito Y and Zimmer Z. Are religion and spirituality determinants of differential health expectancy across Europe? Annual Meeting of REVES (The International Network on Health Expectancy and the Disability Process). Vienna, Austria, June 10, 2016.

Ofstedal MB, Saito Y, Chiu CT, Jagger C and Zimmer Z. Religion, Life Expectancy, and Active Life Expectancy in the United States. Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC, March 31, 2016.

Zimmer Z, Jagger C and Chiu CT. Do religious people live longer and healthier lives across all populations, cultures, health domains and ways of expressing religious conviction? Pew Research Center, Advancing the Demographic Study of Religion Conference. Washington, DC, March 29, 2016.

Other presentations

The presentation entitled “Spirituality Religiosity and Health in Global Perspective”  was given at the Center for Population Studies, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand on December 19, 2016. Versions of this talk were also presented at:

Dr. Chi-Tsun Chiu presented the paper entitled “How do Multiple Dimensions of Religiosity Associate with Total and Disability-Free Life Expectancy among Older Adults in Taiwan?” at the Institute of Statistical Science of Academia Sinica on December 11, 2017.