Challenges for the Aging Family in the People's Republic of China
Challenges for the Aging Family in the People's Republic of China
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DOI：
10.1017/s0714980815000203
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发表时间：
2015-09-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Feng, Zhixin
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作者：
Phillips, David R.;Feng, Zhixin
中华人民共和国是世界上老年人口最多的国家。这个国家在过去三十年半里经历了巨大的经济、社会和人口变化。传统上，家庭是老年人的主要社会支持；这种情况在早期社会主义时期有所改变，但近年来，家庭支持的重要性得到了重申。然而，在这段时间里，家庭赡养年长成员的能力已经发生了相当大的变化，甚至可以说被削弱了。本文回顾了逐渐改变家庭为老年成员提供支持的能力的四个关键问题（人口变化、户口制度、经济改革、现代化的总体特征）。考虑研究重点和公共政策方向，国家可以从家庭中承担一些责任，支持护理能力，并提高对老年人的支持的质量和数量。
The People's Republic of China has the largest population of older persons of any country in the world. It is a nation that has experienced enormous economic, social, and demographic changes over the past three and a half decades. Traditionally, the family was the main social support for older persons; this changed somewhat under early socialism, but in recent years, the importance of family support has been reasserted. However, over this time, the family's ability to support its older members has been considerably altered and arguably weakened. This article reviews four key issues (population change, the hukou system, economic reform, general features surrounding modernization) that have gradually changed families' capacity to provide support for older members. Research foci and public policy directions are considered under which the state might take some responsibilities from the family, support capacity to care, and improve the quality and quantity of support for older citizens.