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Analysis On Family Supporting Ability For Caring The Old Parents Of The First-Generation Only Child In City

Posted on:2009-05-17Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:W X LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2167360242491612Subject:Demography
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China has already entered old aging society at the end of 20th century. The speed of aging up is quite rapid. Because of the Family Planning policy which is carried out at the beginning of 1970s', the situation that the family only has one child occurs. Nowadays the parents of First-Generation Only Child who live in city have gradually entered their old age. There would be many issues in taking care of the old people because almost all the old people only have one child. Many parents will not still live together with their children, even they do not live in the same city. The family supporting for old people will be weakened, and the traditional style of caring the old will meet a serious challenge. Many city parents now are experiencing, or have already experienced this course, and the caring issue of them urgently emerges, which becomes an important social issue.Through the analysis of the investigation data of First-Generation only children and their parents in Beijing City, Zibo City Shandong Province and Jilin City Jilin Province, the paper shows the basic situation of both the children and their parents, compares the family caring ability for the old people of three cities from three angles——economic supporting, family life caring and spiritual comfort, and finds the differences and similarities of the three cities. At last, the paper points out its own viewpoint for caring the parents of First-generation only child, and puts forward the relative suggestions.The paper mainly concerns those aspects below:1. The background of the investigation2. The literature review of relative academic field3. Data origin and analysis methods4. The definition of First-generation only child and the like5. Compare analysis of the basic situation of First-generation only child and the parents6. Mainly analysis on family supporting ability from three angles——economic supporting, family life caring and spiritual comfort7. Putting forward the countermeasures and suggestions on family supporting ability for the only children's parents of raising themselves.
Keywords/Search Tags:City, First-generation only child, Family supporting ability, Countermeasures and suggestions
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