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Village senior centres and the living arrangements of older people in rural China
— considerations of health, land, migration and intergenerational support | | Author(s) | Huijun Liu, Karen N Eggleston, Yan Min |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 37, no 10, November 2017 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, November 2017 |
| Pages | pp 2044-2073 |
| Source | http://www.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Day centres ; Living patterns ; Rural areas ; Family care ; Qualitative Studies ; Quantitative studies ; China. |
| Annotation | China is experiencing rapid urbanisation and population ageing, alongside sometimes contentious rural land consolidation. These on-going social, economic, political and demographic changes are especially problematic for older people in rural areas. In these regions, social and institutional support arrangements are less developed than in urban areas; older people have few options for resettlement, but are resistant to or incapable of adjusting to high-rise apartment living. In 2012-13, the authors gathered rich qualitative and quantitative data on over 600 older residents in 12 villages under the jurisdiction of City L in north-east coastal China to analyse residents' living arrangement choices during the village renovation process. Villages with and without senior centres were compared, to shed light on the correlates of co-residence and independent living. Senior centres play a role in balancing the burden on rural Chinese families, resulting from population ageing, smaller families, widespread migration for work, and the rapid urbanisation that is restructuring land rights and social support arrangements. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-171110004 A |
| Classmark | NMC: K7: RL: P6:SJ: 3DP: 3DQ: 7DC |
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