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| Poverty and hardship among the aged in urban China | | Author(s) | Peter Saunders, Sun Lujun |
| Journal title | Social Policy & Administration, vol 40, no 2, April 2006 |
| Pages | pp 138-157 |
| Source | http://www.blackwell-synergy.com |
| Keywords | Poor elderly ; Urban areas ; Poverty ; Indicators ; China. |
| Annotation | China's record in reducing poverty in the last three decades has been impressive, even though estimates of the extent of the decline differ, coupled with increasing numbers of older people. This article uses a unique national data set to examine patterns of poverty, deprivation and exclusion among China's urban aged population (age 60+) in 2000. The results point to the importance of poverty as an issue for older people, particularly for women and those who live alone. A number of indicators of hardship are developed in four areas - economic insecurity, housing, health and social isolation - and the incidence of these is examined, separately and in combination, by living arrangement and gender. Women are shown to experience greater levels of hardship and isolation than men, and to be more likely to experience multiple deprivation across two or more areas. Finally, the overlap between poverty and hardship is examined as a way of validating the poverty indicators and giving them gender credibility. The results indicate that there are strong overlaps, although these differ across different dimensions of hardship. Access to pension income and concern of the cost of visits to see a doctor emerge as strong predictors of poverty, and point to areas where policy change is needed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060425208 A |
| Classmark | F:W6: RK: W6: 3RI: 7DC |
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