河北农村老年人家庭生命周期及影响因素分析

The Analysis of the Status and Determinants of the Family Life Cycle of the Rural Elderly in Hebei Province

本文利用2008年河北农村家庭生命周期与代际关系调查数据,对当前河北农村60岁及以上老年人的家庭生命周期的现状及其影响因素进行了分析,发现女性老年人的家庭生命周期多起始于与男方亲属组成的直系家庭,家庭抚育期、收缩期与空巢期相对较长。婚育政策、老年个体的受教育程度、婚姻状况和经济收益能力、子女的婚姻状况等都在一定程度上对截止调查时点老年人家庭经历(或处于)空巢期产生了影响。

Using the data from the survey conducted by institute of population and labor economics, China academy of social science in Hebei province in October 2008, this paper analyzes the status of family life cycle of the elderly, whose age are all above 60. The determinants of the family life cycle of the rural elderly are also be analyzed. The result reveals that the family life cycle of the most women elderly begin with the linear family. The family life cycle in rural area have characteristics that the length of nursing, contraction and the empty-nest syndrome are relatively long. The families planning policy, individual＇s education, the marital status of the elderly and their children, economic status have effect on the empty-nest syndrome.