China: share of elderly willing to live with their children 2010

This statistic shows the share of persons aged 60 and older in urban and rural China willing to live with their children in 2006 and 2010. In 2006, around 37 percent of the urban elderly in China were willing to live with their children.

Share of persons aged 60 and older in urban and rural China willing to live with their children in 2006 and 2010

Characteristic	Rural elderly	Urban elderly
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Release date

July 2012

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Region

China

Survey time period

December 2010*

Number of respondents

19,986 elderly

Age group

60 years and older

Special properties

160 towns and counties

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

* The survey started in December 2010. The figure for the year 2006 was taken from an earlier survey which was conducted in 2006.
24.7 percent of the urban and 21.5 percent of the rural respondents said that it made no difference to them if they lived with their children or not, while 36.5 percent of the urban and 24.9 percent of the rural respondents were not willing to live with their children.

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