The Current and Projected Distribution of the Elderly and Eldercare in the People's Republic of China

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ID2345871
AutoresDudley L Poston (Texas A&M University), Chengrong Charles Duan (Renmin (People's) University of China), Chengrong Duan (Renmin University of China)
Año2000
Volumen21
Número6
Páginas714-732
Fecha de publicación2000-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Family Issues (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0192-513X • E-ISSN: 1552-5481
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/019251300021006003
OpenAlexW2150368192
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas19
Referencias citadas28

China is the most populous country in the world, with a population in 1999 of nearly 1.27 billion. Of even greater interest, China's elderly population (persons age 60 and older) is about 22% (or more than 128 million) of all the elderly living in the world. By 2050, China is projected to have only 14% of the world's people but will have 21% of the world's elderly. This will occur because of the rapidity with which China's age structure will shift toward the older years. In this article, the authors consider the major factor responsible for China's very large current and projected numbers of elderly, namely, the dramatic fertility transition experienced since the 1970s. The authors also discuss the very heavy dependency burden on China's producing population and show that the burden will get even heavier in the decades ahead

China · Demographic transition · Dependency ratio · Economic growth · Economics · Elderly people · Fertility · Geography · People's Republic · Population · Population ageing · Socioeconomics · Sociology · World population · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Global Health Care Issues · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management · Medicine · Gerontology