农村空巢家庭生活状况——闽南山区S村的一项实证调查

Living Conditions of Rural Nest-empty Families——A Field Survey in Village S in Minnan Mountain Area

通过对闽南山区一个村庄的空巢家庭生活状况以及养老意愿调查了解到:农村空巢老人经济来源主要靠自己劳动所得,收入普遍很低;生活大多能够自理;精神生活匮乏,普遍存在失落感;常年患病率高,看病贵、看病难是他们生活中的一大难题。据此提出应对农村空巢家庭问题的对策建议。

Through the field survey in a mountain village in Minnan, the author investigated the current living conditions of rural nest-empty families. It is indicate that the elders in such families mainly rely on their own labor income, which is generally rather low; most of them are able to take care of themselves; the level of their spiritual and cultural life is quite low, they most feel sense of lose. Most of them suffer from chronic diseases, and hence bear the burden of medical costs, the measures and proposals are hence brought forward in the paper.