中国老年人的生活自理能力状况与变化

本文利用2004年全国人口变动抽样调查数据对中国老年人的生活自理能力进行了分析,又与1994年老年人生活自理能力进行了对比。分析结果表明,2004年我国老年人中有8.9%生活不能自理,由此推算全国生活不能自理的老年人已经超过1200万人。分年龄、性别和城乡的老年人生活自理能力存在明显差别,年龄越大生活自理能力越差、女性不能自理比例高于男性、农村比城市差、中西部地区生活不能自理比例远高于东部地区。与1994年相比,中国老年人的生活自理能力总体上略有下降,需要进一步关注老年人的生活质量。

Ability of Daily Life of the Chinese Elderly: Status and Change

This paper examines ability of daily life(ADL) of the Chinese elderly using data from the 2004 Annual Population Survey.Results show that 9% of the old people are in disability status,implying an estimated 12 million old people in disability status.Three are marked differences in ADL status of old people by age,sex and place of residence.A higher proportion of disability status is found in more advanced ages,females,rural areas and central and west China.Comparison with the 1994 survery results shows that three is a slight decline in ADL functional status for the Chinese elderly people.Concerns should be paid to the life quality of the old people.