ISBN:
9780821386859
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (170 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Directions in Development
Parallel Title:
Print version The Elderly and Old Age Support in Rural China
DDC:
305.260951
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This volume first examines projected demographic changes that will affect the economic well-being of China's rural elderly over the next twenty years, taking into account both China's sharp demographic transition and the continued migration of young adults into cities. The projected old age dependency ratio of 34 percent in China's rural areas by 2030 suggests that support of the elderly is likely to be an increasing burden on China's families over the next twenty years. The book next documents the sources of financial support, poverty incidence and vulnerability of the rural elderly since the
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Notes; References; Chapter 1 Trends in the Aging of China's Rural Population: Past, Present, and Future; Demographic Transition in China; Figures; 1.1 Population Growth in China, 1949-2008; 1.2 International Comparison of TFRs, 1950-2010; Boxes; 1.1 International Experiences on Aging and Pension Systems: How Does China Compare?; 1.3 Trend of Population Aging in China, 1953-2005; 1.4 Comparison of Aged Population Proportions in Rural and Urban Areas
Description / Table of Contents:
1.5 Changes in Rural Population Pyramids between 1982 and 2005Looking Ahead-Projecting Population Trends; 1.6 Comparison of Rural and Urban Old-Age Dependency Ratios; 1.7 Changes in Rural Population Pyramids between 2020 and 2030; 1.2 Representative Population Projections in China; 1.8 Surveyed and Adjusted TFRs in China; 1.9 Trends of Working-Age Population in China, 2008-30; 1.10 Trends of Population Aging in Rural and Urban China, 2008-30; 1.11 Trends of Total Dependency Ratios in Rural and Urban China, 2008-30; 1.12 Old-Age Dependency Ratios in Rural and Urban China, 2008-30
Description / Table of Contents:
1.13 Scenarios of Aged Proportions in Rural China, 2008-30Conclusion; 1.14 Scenarios of Old-Age Dependency Ratios in Rural China, 2008-30; Note; References; Chapter 2 Poverty and Vulnerability among China's Rural Elderly; Poverty among the Rural Elderly; Chronic Poverty among the Rural Elderly; 2.1 Percentage of Poor Rural Households, by Age of Household Head; Vulnerability to Poverty; Tables; 2.1 Measuring the Poverty of the Rural and Urban Elderly; 2.2 Share of Rural Elderly Households Experiencing Chronic Poverty; 2.3 Share of Rural Elderly Households Vulnerable to Poverty
Description / Table of Contents:
The Geographic Dimension of Poverty2.2 Role of Village Location in Determining Poverty of China's Rural Elderly; Income Determinants of the Elderly; 2.3 Factors Affecting Income per Capita of Households with Elderly; 2.4 Factors Affecting Likelihood of Household Poverty of the Elderly, Marginal Effects from Probit Model; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Sources of Support among the Rural Elderly; Sources of Support among China's Elderly; 3.1 Primary Source of Support for China's Elderly, 2005; Evidence on Family Support
Description / Table of Contents:
3.2 Source of Support for China's Rural Elderly, by Age Group, 2005Changes to Living Arrangements and the Well-Being of the Elderly; 3.1 Living Arrangements of China's Rural Elderly; 3.2 Living Arrangements of China's Rural Elderly, by Age; Do Private Transfers Respond to Income of the Elderly?; 3.3 Net Transfers Received by Rural Elderly, by Migrant Status of Adult Children; 3.3 Estimated Transfer Derivatives for Households with Elderly Residents; 3.4 Confidence Intervals for Net Transfers Received by Rural Elderly, by Migrant Status of Adult Children
Description / Table of Contents:
The Labor Supply and "Retirement" Decision of China's Rural Elderly
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
