The Current and Projected Distribution of the Elderly and Eldercare in the People's Republic of China

Poston, Dudley L.; Duan, Chengrong

doi:10.1177/019251300021006003

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“…According to the 2010 Census released by the National Bureau of Statistics, the proportion of Chinese people aged ≥60 years old grew to 13.26% of the 1.34 billion people residing in China, up 2.93% from the 2000 census [49]. China's aging population is expected to increase to about 330 million by the year 2050, creating a large number of people living without a spouse [50]. Compared to men, women have longer life expectancies and may marry at younger ages; hence, women are more likely to be widowed [51].…”

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Marital Status and Mortality among Middle Age and Elderly Men and Women in Urban Shanghai

Yang

Nechuta

et al. 2011

PLoS ONE

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BackgroundPrevious studies have suggested that marital status is associated with mortality, but few studies have been conducted in China where increasing aging population and divorce rates may have major impact on health and total mortality.MethodsWe examined the association of marital status with mortality using data from the Shanghai Women's Health Study (1996–2009) and Shanghai Men's Health Study (2002–2009), two population-based cohort studies of 74,942 women aged 40–70 years and 61,500 men aged 40–74 years at the study enrollment. Deaths were identified by biennial home visits and record linkage with the vital statistics registry. Marital status was categorized as married, never married, divorced, widowed, and all unmarried categories combined. Cox regression models were used to derive hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI).ResultsUnmarried and widowed women had an increased all-cause HR = 1.11, 95% CI: 1.03, 1.21 and HR = 1.10, 95% CI: 1.02, 1.20 respectively) and cancer (HR = 1.17, 95% CI: 1.04, 1.32 and HR = 1.18, 95% CI: 1.04, 1.34 respectively) mortality. Never married women had excess all-cause mortality (HR = 1.46, 95% CI: 1.03, 2.09). Divorce was associated with elevated cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in women (HR = 1.47, 95% CI: 1.01, 2.13) and elevated all-cause mortality (HR = 2.45, 95% CI: 1.55, 3.86) in men. Amongst men, not being married was associated with excess all-cause (HR = 1.45, 95% CI: 1.12, 1.88) and CVD (HR = 1.65, 95% CI: 1.07, 2.54) mortality.ConclusionsMarriage is associated with decreased all cause mortality and CVD mortality, in particular, among both Chinese men and women.

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Marital Status and Mortality among Middle Age and Elderly Men and Women in Urban Shanghai

Yang

Nechuta

et al. 2011

PLoS ONE

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“…In 1999, China's population made up 21 percent of the world's population and 22 percent of the world's people aged 60 or over (Poston & Duan, 2000). In 2005, the estimated population of Chinese over the age of 60 reached over 142 million or over 10 percent of the total Chinese population (Dickerson & Johnson, 2005).…”

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“…In 2005, the estimated population of Chinese over the age of 60 reached over 142 million or over 10 percent of the total Chinese population (Dickerson & Johnson, 2005). In 2050, China is projected to have over 516 million citizens over the age of 60 (Poston & Duan, 2000). Not only is this group a significant portion of the world's population, the purchasing power of Chinese individuals is growing with the booming economy.…”

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Cultural values and aging in Chinese television commercials

Zhang

Song²,

Carver³

2008

JAPC

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Abstract:This study examined commercials (N = 141) featuring older adult(s) shown on three Chinese TV stations (i.e., national, provincial, and local) in the fall of 2005 to uncover the dominant value themes, the major product categories, and the association between value themes and product categories. Content analysis results revealed that three dominant value themes (i.e., health/life, product effectiveness, and family) appeared frequently in the Chinese television commercials featuring older adults, in which some major product categories such as food/drink, food/health supplements, and medicine were promoted. Results also indicated that the value of health/life was presented frequently in commercials for medicine and food/health supplements and that the family value appeared frequently in food/drinks commercials.Altogether these results demonstrated the importance of health and a lack of emphasis of modern values in Chinese television commercials which feature older adults, indicating a mixed view of aging (i.e., passive and negative). Findings are discussed in the context of the Chinese culture, aging, and television advertising.

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“…Low fertility rates and increased longevity have increased both the absolute size of the elderly population and its relative size in relation to the population as a whole. About 90 million people aged 65 and older were living in China in the year 2000 (Population Reference Bureau, 2010); it has been predicted that the elderly population will reach 341.7 million (or 23.85% of the total population) in the year 2030 (Poston and Duan, 2000). The old-age dependency ratio (i.e., number of elderly aged 65þ per 100 working-age people aged 20-64) is projected to increase from 13 per 100 in 2010 to 45 per 100 in 2050 (United Nations, 2011).…”

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Adult children’s characteristics and intergenerational financial transfers in urban China

Zhu

2016

Chinese Journal of Sociology

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Financial transfers between adult children and their elderly parents should be viewed as part of larger family dynamics that can also involve siblings. This is particularly likely to be the case in China, where there has been a traditional emphasis on financial support within the extended family. Using data from the 1999 'Study of Family Life in Urban China' and fixed effects models, this study examines how the characteristics of adult children and their adult siblings are associated with financial transfers between them and their elderly parents. Particular attention is given to sibling differences with regard to factors such as gender, birth order, education and financial situation. The findings revealed that in urban China the traditional gender pattern is changing, in that daughters, rather than sons, now provide more financial support to their parents. However, parents still tend to give more financial assistance to sons. Children with more education (i.e., those who received more parental investment) provided greater financial support to their parents, to repay this earlier investment. Furthermore, elderly parents redistributed resources within the extended family by receiving more financial transfers from financially better-off children and giving more financial transfers to financially worse-off children. These findings suggest that the Chinese family serves as a financial buffer, with intergenerational transfers operating as a micro-level welfare system.

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The Current and Projected Distribution of the Elderly and Eldercare in the People's Republic of China

Cited by 50 publications

References 18 publications

Marital Status and Mortality among Middle Age and Elderly Men and Women in Urban Shanghai

Marital Status and Mortality among Middle Age and Elderly Men and Women in Urban Shanghai

Cultural values and aging in Chinese television commercials

Adult children’s characteristics and intergenerational financial transfers in urban China

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