The survey also found that more than 40% of the elderly think they are healthy, and more than 50% of the rural elderly are still engaged in professional work (such as farm work). ), and child support ranks first among the indicators that affect the happiness of the elderly. The income from the new rural insurance and land is still the main source of income for the rural elderly.
According to reports, the rural pension survey lasted for two months, covering 573 counties in 3 1 province, with about 17000 valid questionnaires.
In terms of the health status of the rural elderly, more than 40% of the rural elderly think that the indicators of healthy self-feeling are better. The survey found that nearly 40% of the elderly suffer from hypertension, and 20% of the elderly suffer from cervical and lumbar diseases. Nearly 50% rural elderly people need to take medicine every day, and the proportion of female elderly people taking several drugs every day is usually higher than that of male elderly people. About 66.4% of the rural elderly can take care of themselves completely, and the rest of the elderly have difficulties in taking care of themselves to varying degrees. In 20 14, 63.4% of the elderly participated in physical examination, and the proportion of the elderly in the east was much higher than that in other regions, with the proportion of the elderly in the northeast being relatively low, only 46.6%.
In terms of the economic situation of the rural elderly, the survey found that 54.6% of the rural elderly are still engaged in professional work, such as working in the fields or other jobs, and almost all of them are still engaged in family work to some extent, which is the characteristic of the rural elderly in China.
More than half of empty nest families