Support for the Elderly under the Market Transition in China

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摘要 Modernizationtheorypredictslooseningfamilytiesandthegradualdeclineoffamilysupportsfortheelderly.Inatransitionaleconomy,wearguethattherapidlygrowingincomeforadultchildrenhelpstomaintainfamilysupportsfortheelderlyatahighlevel.Datafrom2005China's1%populationsurveyshowsthathalfofelderlypeopleintownsorruralareasreliedonfamilysupportsasthemainsourceforliving.Theodds-ratiofromLogisticregressionshowsthatfamilysupportswerefargreaterforfemalesthanmalesandfargreaterforruralthanforurbanresidents.Labormigrationbyaruralhouseholdmembergreatlyenhancedtheoddsoffamilysupportsfortheelderlyinruralareas.Inthecities,wefoundthattheoddsoffamilysupportswerethehighestinthewell-developedregionsalongthecoast.Asthepopulationisrapidlyaging,moregovernmenteffortsareneededtoexpandsocializedsupportsfortheelderly,especiallytotheweakest.
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出版日期 2011年05月15日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)