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
* 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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Ministry of Public Security China. (July 10, 2012). Share of persons aged 60 and older in urban and rural China willing to live with their children in 2006 and 2010 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 02, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/251802/share-of-elderly-in-china-willing-to-live-with-their-children/
Ministry of Public Security China. "Share of persons aged 60 and older in urban and rural China willing to live with their children in 2006 and 2010." Chart. July 10, 2012. Statista. Accessed January 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/251802/share-of-elderly-in-china-willing-to-live-with-their-children/
Ministry of Public Security China. (2012). Share of persons aged 60 and older in urban and rural China willing to live with their children in 2006 and 2010. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/251802/share-of-elderly-in-china-willing-to-live-with-their-children/
Ministry of Public Security China. "Share of Persons Aged 60 and Older in Urban and Rural China Willing to Live with Their Children in 2006 and 2010." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Jul 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/251802/share-of-elderly-in-china-willing-to-live-with-their-children/
Ministry of Public Security China, Share of persons aged 60 and older in urban and rural China willing to live with their children in 2006 and 2010 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/251802/share-of-elderly-in-china-willing-to-live-with-their-children/ (last visited January 02, 2025)
Share of persons aged 60 and older in urban and rural China willing to live with their children in 2006 and 2010 [Graph], Ministry of Public Security China, July 10, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/251802/share-of-elderly-in-china-willing-to-live-with-their-children/
