The 2018 Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey(CLHLS)presents infor-mation on both individual characteristics and family characteristics of China’s elderly population.It shows that only 1%of elderly men and 0...The 2018 Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey(CLHLS)presents infor-mation on both individual characteristics and family characteristics of China’s elderly population.It shows that only 1%of elderly men and 0.1%of elderly women never married.Older elderly people had more children than younger elderly people on average.Younger elderly had more years of schooling on average than did the older elderly population.Elderly women were more likely than elderly men to rely on their children as the main source of their income.Eighty-four point six percent of elderly people lived with household members,13.5%lived alone and 1.9%lived in institutions.Younger elderly people preferred to live alone(or with spouse only)more than did older elderly people.Family members offered the elderly the most in the way of emotional support and comfort,while people other than friends or neigh-bors play a very limited role.展开更多
基金The data analyzed in this paper are from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Study(CLHLS)which was jointly supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(71490732)the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFC2000400)the U.S.National Institute of Aging of the National Institute of Health(P01AG031719).
文摘The 2018 Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey(CLHLS)presents infor-mation on both individual characteristics and family characteristics of China’s elderly population.It shows that only 1%of elderly men and 0.1%of elderly women never married.Older elderly people had more children than younger elderly people on average.Younger elderly had more years of schooling on average than did the older elderly population.Elderly women were more likely than elderly men to rely on their children as the main source of their income.Eighty-four point six percent of elderly people lived with household members,13.5%lived alone and 1.9%lived in institutions.Younger elderly people preferred to live alone(or with spouse only)more than did older elderly people.Family members offered the elderly the most in the way of emotional support and comfort,while people other than friends or neigh-bors play a very limited role.
