A Study On The Factors Associated With The Intention For The Old-age Support Of The Urban Elderly

With the aggravating trend of aging population in China,the pressure of old-age support is increasing.The intention for the old-age support of elderly has become a central issue in academic circles.The degree of aging population in Kunming City has been slightly higher than the national level.Kunming's relatively backward economic development level may make the problems caused by the aging population more prominent.In order to study the intention for the old-age support of the aged in Kunming City,this article divide the intention for the old-age support into old-age support patterns ? place and caregiver.Besides,this paper divided the influencing factors into individual characteristics ? economic characteristics ?community characteristics and the attitude and knowledge about old-age support.Using empirical analysis method such as one-way ANOVA ? multinomial logistic model to carry out this research.Finally,it puts forward some related suggestions according to the results.This paper has six parts.The introduction includes the research background and significance,the status of the research?the idea and method and possible innovation of this research;The second part involves the definition of related concepts and the theoretical perspective;The third part is research design,including the research object and hypothesis,the compilation and measurement of the questionnaire;The fourth part is the descriptive statistical analysis of the intention for the old-age support of elderly,which include the descriptive statistical analysis and correlation analysis;The fifth part is the empirical analysis of the influencing factors of the intention for the old-age support,including one-way ANOVA ? multinomial logistic model and discussion of the empirical analysis results.The last part is research conclusions,policy suggestion and prospects.Based on empirical analysis,this article concludes that the intention for the old-age support of Kunming seniors has the following characteristics:(1)From the perspective of old-age support patterns,the elderly respondents have nearly 70%choose home care for the aged,10% choose community old-age care and 20% choose institution-care.(2)As for place,the preference of old-age support place is their home,children's home,nursing home,community nursing home or day-care center.(3)Asfor caregiver,the preference of old-age support caregiver is themselves or their spouse,multiparty,children,government or community.Based on the distribution of the intention for the old-age support of elderly in Kunming city and the possible influence factors,this paper proposes:(1)Government departments should investigate and evaluate of the demand for the elderly.Based on home care for the aged,government should promote the development of all kinds of aging services.And government should ensure the needs of the elderly for those with low income.Enhance publicity and education,improve the understanding of all kinds of aging services for the elderly.(2)Community should integrate all aspects of the resources and improving the hardware and software facilities for the aged.Carrying out some community activities and promoting community participation for elderly people.Community should also give full play to its advantages and innovating community care services.Thus,provide its services conveniently and efficiently.(3)Family members have crucial role of caretaking.We should bring the advantage of family care into full play.Children should exert every effort to provide life care,material help and spiritual comfort service for parents.(4)The aged should take the initiative to enhance the understanding of all kinds of aging services,make full use of what they have,cultivate the ability to psychological adjustment,participating in the society actively.Thus,lead a better late life.