Includes bibliographical references. Cruz, G. T., Natividad, J. N., Gonzales, M. L., & Saito, Y. (2016). Aging in the Philippines : Findings from the 2007 Philippine study on aging. Diliman, Quezon City : University of the Philippines Population Institute.

Chapter 1: Background -- Aging research in the Philippines -- State policies and programs for the well-being of older Filipinos -- Other initiatives -- The demography of aging in the Philippines -- Chapter 2: The 2007 Philippine study on aging -- About the study -- Study design -- Conceptual framework -- Data processing -- Chapter 3: The Filipino older persons -- Household population and housing characteristics -- Characteristics of the Filipino older persons -- The Filipino older persons and their children -- Chapter 4: Economic well-being -- Chapter 5: Health status -- Self-assessed health status -- Self-reported illness -- Vision -- Hearing -- Oral health -- Sleep -- Pain -- Depression -- Incontinence -- Functional health -- Active life expectancy -- Health risk behaviors -- Life satisfaction -- Anthropometric measurements -- Health care and health utilization -- Chapter 6: Living arrangement -- Perceived best living arrangement -- Attitudes toward institutional living arrangements -- Chapter 7: Family support and intergenerational exchanges -- Grandparenting -- Chapter 8: Leisure, religious activities, and social involvement -- Leisure activities -- Religious activities -- Membership in organizations and volunteerism -- Knowledge and use of new communication technology: cell phones and e-mail -- Chapter 9: Beliefs and knowledge of services for older people -- Beliefs about child support, remarriage, and gender roles -- Knowledge of services for the older people -- Chapter 10: Conclusion, discussion, and recommendation