Research on Rural Elderly Living Arrangement Factors in China

The paper analyzes the factors influencing the living arrangement on elderly people in rural area from their situations and the inter-generational relationships by using binary Logistic model.The results show that the elderly people in rural area tend not to live with their children with the advancing age,and the aged women don′t want to live with their children.The fact is that the more sons they have,the smaller chances they live with their children;the daughters make them have more chances to choose.Inter-generational interactive variable influences stronger than the elderly situations variable on the living arrangement for the elderly,and we find that the elderly living arrangement in rural area is based on the demands of their children.The situation of the aged in rural area is not good,and China′s traditional family pattern of old-age has been faced with severe challenges.In future,more and more elderly people will depend on their daughters,which should be concerned.