中国城市老年人的贫困问题

The Poverty among the Urban Elderly in China

关注弱势群体的状况 ,对这一群体提供必要的帮助已经在全社会取得了共识。贫困老年人属于弱势群体中更加脆弱的人群 ,了解他们的基本状况是开展社会救助的基础。本文根据中国老龄科研中心 2 0 0 0年在全国 2 0个省、自治区和直辖市进行抽样调查的结果 ,在各地区贫困救助标准的基础上 ,运用国际上普遍采用的等值系数方法 ,测算了城市老年人的贫困率 ,并对城市贫困老年人的特征进行了描述 ,而且初步探讨了造成城市老年人贫困的原因。

To pay attention to the vulnerable people and provide essential help to them has become the common sense in the current society.The poor elderly are more vulnerable.To provide them essential service depends on understanding of their basic situations.Based on the 2000 survey conducted by CRCA in 20 provinces,using the scale equivalent in poverty calculation,the paper examined poverty rate,and illustrated the characteristics of the poor urban elderly,and explored the factors leading to poverty.