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| Challenges for the aging family in the People's Republic of China | | Author(s) | David R Phillips, Zhixin Feng |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 34, no 3, September 2015 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, September 2015 |
| Pages | pp 290-304 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/cjg |
| Keywords | The Family ; Family care ; Ageing process ; Social policy ; China. |
| Annotation | The People's Republic of China has the largest population of older people of any country in the world. It is a nation that has experienced enormous economic, social and demographic changes over the past three and a half decades. Traditionally, the family was the main social support for older persons. This changed somewhat under early socialism, but in recent years, the importance of family support has been reasserted. However, over this time, the family's ability to support its older members has been considerably altered and arguably weakened. This article reviews four key issues (population change, the hukou system, economic reform, and general features concerning modernisation) that have gradually changed families' capacity to provide support for older members. (The hukuo is the system that is used to register the residence of all Chinese citizens, who are classified as either agricultural or rural, and non-agricultural or urban.) The direction and focus of research and public policy directions are considered, under which the state might take some responsibilities from the family, support capacity to care, and improve the quality and quantity of support for older citizens. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150918216 A |
| Classmark | SJ: P6:SJ: BG: TM2: 7DC |
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