生命周期视角下的农村家庭养老

当前，农村家庭养老功能处于不断弱化的过程中。不过，老年人和中年人对所在社区养老现状的感受有较大差别，很重要的原因是他们所处的生命周期不同。整体上来说，农村家庭养老不仅没有始于空巢期甚至丧偶之后，实际上养老被不断地推迟和压缩，直至老人失去劳动能力才真正体现出来。

Family Support for the Elderly in Rural China:A Perspective of Life Cycle

Nowadays,the function of family support for the elderly in rural China is weakening continually.At the same time there are significant differences in the feeling of community-based family support situation among the aged and the middle aged people.The most important reason is that they are in different life cycles.Generally,in the rural area,family support for the elderly doesn't begin from empty-nest time even when they lose their spouse,it is put off and cut down till the elderly lose labor ability.