摘要
随着老老照料家庭所占比重的上升,越来越多的老年人开始面临承担照料父母的责任。利用中国老年社会追踪调查(CLASS)2014年全国调查数据,就中国老年人照料父母现状进行探究。研究发现:我国老年人需要照料父母的比重为8.9%,调查前一个月有照料父母行为的老年人比重为7.2%,平均每周照料时间为38.3小时;男性、低龄、有配偶、受教育程度较高和城市老年人照料父母的比重较高;主要困难为身体吃不消、距离太远和时间不够。另外,就老年人照料父母的行为是否与抑郁程度相关进行了探析。虽然结果是否定的,但照料父母的行为仍然给部分老年人带来了一定的心理压力。提出了加快社会养老体系发展、鼓励养老照料的市场化运作、给予老年人照料补贴和在地养老等建议。
The elderly need to play a role of caring their parents when two generations in family, including them,are both beyond their 60s.This paper introduces the concept,causes, strengths and weaknesses of taking care of parents among the elderly.And using the data from ChineseLongitudinal Aging Social Survey 2014.We find out that 8.9% of the Chinese elderly people need to take care of their parents, and 7.2% of Chinese elderly took actual care during the month before the survey, with an average caring time, 38.3 hours, per week.These elderly who are male, young,having a spouse, with higher education and living in urban zone are more likely to take care of their parents.The main difficulties among them are physical strain, long transport distance and a lack of time.Although caring for parents does not increase the degree of depression,it still brings a certain psychological pressure on the elderly.Consequently, we propose some suggestions including the development of social pension system,encouraging market-oriented operation,setting up subsidies for these elderly who are caring parents and aging in places.
出处
《老龄科学研究》
2017年第5期15-25,78,共12页
Scientific Research on Aging
关键词
低龄老年人
照料父母
高龄化
抑郁
younger elderly people
care for parents
aging of the aged
depression
