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June 13, 2026Frontiers in Public HealthOpen Access

Association between physical exercise and reemployment among Chinese older adults: the mediation effect of physical health, cognitive function, and social participation

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FWFangyi WangZWZipeng WuYCYu Chen

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Randomized trial investigates the impact of physical exercise on reemployment, suggesting improved health and social engagement.

Key Points

  • This study examines how physical exercise influences reemployment among older adults, focusing on mediating factors.
  • Analyzed data from 4,597 retired individuals aged 60 and older from the 2023 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey.
  • Utilized binary logistic regression to assess the main effects and propensity score matching to address endogeneity.
  • Employed the bias-corrected Bootstrap method to test mediating effects and performed heterogeneity analysis.
  • Physical exercise positively affects reemployment among older adults, with a stable effect after robustness checks.
  • Mediating effects revealed that improved physical health accounted for 10.3%, cognitive function 4.9%, and social participation 11.3% of the total effect, with social participation as the core pathway.
  • Significant promotional effects were observed particularly in rural older adults, those aged 60–70, and individuals with a junior middle school education or above.

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Wang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2cf2a9faef96ed7f055751https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1839985
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