Appendix 1.

Demographic background and self-rated health of each interviewee, N = 17.

	Gender	Age	Education	Employment	Living arrangements	SRHa
N1	Female	68	Primary school incompletion	Retired	Living with partner, son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren	Good
N2	Female	61	High school	Employed	Living with partner, close to son	Average
N3	Female	74	Middle school	Part-time	Living with partner, close to children	Very good
N4	Male	63	Middle school	Retired	Living with partner, close to children	Excellent
N5	Male	68	Primary school	Retired	Living with partner, close to son	Excellent
N6	Female	58	Middle school	Retired	Living with partner, close to daughter	Good
N7	Male	55	Middle school	Employed	Living with partner	Very good
N8	Female	62	High school	Retired	Living with partner, close to daughter	Good
N9	Female	63	High school	Part-time	Living with partner	Good
N10	Female	66	Middle school	Retired	Living with partner, close to son	Good
N11	Male	66	High school	Employed	Living with partner	Good
N12	Male	56	High school	Employed	Living with partner	Good
N13	Male	70	Middle school incompletion	Retired	Living with partner	Good
N14	Female	64	High school	Retired	Living with partner	Good
N15	Male	57	Middle school	Employed	Living with partner	Very good
N16	Male	65	High school	Retired	Living with partner	Good
N17	Male	65	High school	Retired	Living with partner, close to children	Good

^aSRH refers to respondents' self-rated health. Although most of the interviewees have chronic diseases, their self-rated health statuses are in general at a relatively good level or above. This may indicate that the chronic diseases affect older interviewees' daily lives only slightly or remotely.