应对人口老龄化——对“接力”模式和“反哺”模式的再思考

Facing the Problem of Aging——Rethinking the Support Modes for Elders

在养老方式研究领域流行着这样一种观点:我国养老方式为双向的“反哺”模式,西方为单向的“接力”模式。笔者通过对最新的国内外文献研究发现,由于现实条件发生了重大改变,以上的有关国内外养老方式的划分方法已经不能准确地概括现实情况。从代际关系角度看,中西方养老方式没有本质的区别,用“相互依存模式”代替“反哺”和“接力”更能准确地反映养老方式的实质。

Although it is generally regarded that the elders are supported by adolescents in China instead of the relaying mode in western countries,the author finds in recent studies on domestic and foreign literatures that things have been changed which makes the above-mentioned viewpoints is no more accurate in explaining current situations,and an interdependence mode is more feasible in reflecting the essence compared with either the adolescents supporting mode or relaying mode.