ISSN : 1229-9618(Print)
ISSN : 2671-7506(Online)
ISSN : 2671-7506(Online)
Chinese Studies Vol.82 pp.477-504
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.14378/KACS.2023.82.82.23
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.14378/KACS.2023.82.82.23
A Study on the Perception of the Elderly Support in China between Parents and Children
Abstract
In 2021, China’s aging rate (over 65 years of age) was 14.2%, entering an aged society beyond an aging society. Although the birth control policy (one child from one family) that has been maintained for 32 years has been converted to a policy to encourage childbirth in 2021, the elderly support rate per 100 working people is soaring to 21.1. As a result of the survey, it was found that the perceptions of parents and children about supporting the elderly were different. 38.45% of parents of single children and 46.35% of parents of non-single children said the elderly was responsible for their children, but 76.65% of their children cited it as their responsibility. 66.1% of parents with single-child children chose ‘SheQu’ elderly support(community home-based elderly support), but 70% of parents from multi-child families chose home-care. As a result of the analysis, it was found that if you do not have any children or have no second children after marriage, it will have a significant negative impact on solving the problem of the elderly in China.