Elderly Care and the One-Child Policy: Concerns, Expectations and Preparations for Elderly Life in a Rural Chinese Township

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-36

  Gustafson, Kiira ^a,c   Baofeng, Huang ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Nanjing College for Population Programme Management   (China)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Elderly; Jiangsu Province; One child policy; Rural

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; CHILD; CHINA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OLD AGE ASSISTANCE; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84893943124     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-013-9218-1     Document Type: Article

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