TITLE:
Factors Affecting the Residing Preference of China’s Floating Elderly Population
AUTHORS:
Qihui Zhang, Yinlong Jia
KEYWORDS:
Floating Elderly Population (FEP), Residing Preference, Cultural Capital, Economic Capital, Social Capital, 2016 China Migrants Dynamic Survey (CMDS)
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.9 No.5,
May
11,
2021
ABSTRACT: In recent years, the floating elderly population (FEP) is constantly
rising in China, and the flow of the elderly in the future will inevitably
affect the redistribution of elderly population, including the nursing demands
of the elderly, even the spatial matching problems on providing public
resources and facilities. Therefore, based on
the data of China Migrants Dynamic Survey (CMDS) in 2016, this paper, taking
Pierre Bourdieu’s cultural, economic and social capital as the theoretical
framework, aims to analyze the factors affecting the residing preference of the
FEP. The investigation shows that the model has a good number of indicators,
significantly reflecting the influence of the variables of different capitals
on the residing preference, and among them, the social capital exerts the most
remarkable influence. In accordance with the analyzing results, some public
policy suggestions on strengthening the government elderly service, improving
the community comprehensive service and building a good elderly economic service
have been raised so as to enhance the residing preference of the FEP.