title: The aging of China's population:  perspectives and implications.
abstract: "China's efforts to accelerate the pace of modernization emphasize the promotion of economic development and the reduction of its population growth through the adoption of a one-child per family policy.  However, that policy has implications for the eventual aging of the country's population. This article reviews the changes in the status of the elderly, explores the changes in size of the elderly population, and various related social and policy implications."  Topics considered include socioeconomic changes, underlying population dynamics, the current situation of the elderly, some international comparisons, implications of aging, planning for support of the elderly, health care, living arrangements and family support, retirement, and the status of the widowed, divorced, and unmarried in the elderly population.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001208:Asia; D002681:China; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003710:Demography; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D003906:Developing Countries; D004243:Divorce; D004467:Economics; D004651:Employment; D005191:Family Characteristics; D016656:Family Planning Policy; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D006262:Health; D006285:Health Planning; D006296:Health Services; D017533:Marital Status; D008393:Marriage; D009826:Old Age Assistance; D009934:Organization and Administration; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D011640:Public Policy; D012179:Retirement; D012847:Single Person; D012922:Social Change; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D017805:Widowhood
keywords: Adult; Age Distribution--changes; Age Factors; Aged; Antinatalist Policy; Asia; China; Comparative Studies; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Aging; Demographic Factors; Dependency Burden; Developing Countries; Divorced; Eastern Asia; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Employment Status; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Size; Health; Health Services; Households; Marital Status; Marriage; Marriage Patterns; Microeconomic Factors; Modernization; Nuptiality; Old Age Security; One Child Policy; Organization And Administration; Planning; Policy; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Population Policy; Population Size--changes; Retirement; Social Change; Social Development; Social Policy; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status--changes; Unmarried; Widowed