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Factors Influencing Life Quality of Empty Nest Elderly Women in Urban Areas and Coping Strategies: A Comparative Study Based on the Fifth and Sixth National Censuses Data(PDF)

《南京师大学报》(社会科学版)[ISSN:1006-6977/CN:61-1281/TN]

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2015年04期
Page:
33-
Research Field:
社会理论与实践:老龄化与养老问题研究
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Title:
Factors Influencing Life Quality of Empty Nest Elderly Women in Urban Areas and Coping Strategies: A Comparative Study Based on the Fifth and Sixth National Censuses Data
Author(s):
ZHANG Xu-fan
Keywords:
mode of living in an empty nest elderly women life quality aging social policies
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Abstract:
Based on the fifth and sixth national censuses in 2000 and 2010 respectively, this paper investigates the factors influencing the life quality of the empty nest elderly in urban areas within the theoretical framework of positive views on aging. Through data comparison, we found that the decline in life quality of elderly women in urban areas is not necessarily attributable to empty nest. The factors involved are as follows. Increasing average life expectancy of elderly women leads to greater health risks; elderly women indirectly participate in the social production by taking care of their grandchildren and/or their own weak or diseased parents without getting paid; their inconsistent careers render them weak in terms of power. Hence, we should reinterpret the concept of empty nest, make our policies weighted toward benefiting elderly women, and ensure their rights as important resource providers for families and society, so as to improve their life quality.

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