Objective:In China,adult children have traditionally provided support for their aged parents.This model of care is increasingly challenged by the decline of the extended family.Recently,China’s decades-long one-child...Objective:In China,adult children have traditionally provided support for their aged parents.This model of care is increasingly challenged by the decline of the extended family.Recently,China’s decades-long one-child policy has eased.We examine the association of family size and composition with family support for nonagenarians and centenarians.Methods:Data were obtained through a questionnaire survey of 619 nonagenarians and cen-tenarians in Dujiangyan and were analyzed by chi-square tests,Student t tests,and multivariate logistic regression models.Results:This study revealed that an increased number of offspring might provide financial support for older people,but this does not necessarily translate into physical and emotional care.Conclusion:It is clear that although alternative sources of support for older people are in-creasingly needed,in China the family will continue to play an important role in supporting older people.展开更多
文摘Objective:In China,adult children have traditionally provided support for their aged parents.This model of care is increasingly challenged by the decline of the extended family.Recently,China’s decades-long one-child policy has eased.We examine the association of family size and composition with family support for nonagenarians and centenarians.Methods:Data were obtained through a questionnaire survey of 619 nonagenarians and cen-tenarians in Dujiangyan and were analyzed by chi-square tests,Student t tests,and multivariate logistic regression models.Results:This study revealed that an increased number of offspring might provide financial support for older people,but this does not necessarily translate into physical and emotional care.Conclusion:It is clear that although alternative sources of support for older people are in-creasingly needed,in China the family will continue to play an important role in supporting older people.
