分户不分居:代际支持与农村老年人居住方式

据统计,与成年子女共同居住仍然是农村老年人的主要居住方式,农村地区三代共居家庭的比例高于三代扩展家庭。为解释这种分户不分居的现象,在天津农村进行抽样问卷调查。在相关性分析的基础上通过logistic回归,探讨影响老年人居住方式的主要因素。结果显示,子代对代际支持的需求显著影响老年人的居住方式,而老年人的自身需求则对居住方式没有显著影响。三代分户不分居有可能成为农村地区代际合作的主要形式。

Household Division without Living Apart: Intergenerational Support and Living Patterns of the Elderly

Recent statistics shows that the proportion of three-generation cohabiting families is larger than that of three-generation extending ones, that is to say, living with married children is the main living pattern for the elderly in rural China.To explore the underlying causes of this phenomenon of household division without living apart, the servey in the rural areas of Tianjin was carried out.Based on correlation analysis, this paper uses logistic regression to analyze the main influencing factors of the rural elderly living patterns.It is found that it is significantly influenced by married children's demands of intergenerational support, while the variables related to the parents' demands are not significant.Three-generation cohabitation may become the main form of intergenerational cooperation.