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.
Highlights
Nowadays, with the spread of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) around the globe, we recognize that the floating population is prone to increase the burden of public health, and the floating elderly population (FEP) are apt to be affected and more vulnerable
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
Economic capital and social capital to explore the inter-generational inheritance mechanism of the ruling class (Li, 2007). He believes that cultural capital usually exists in the form of education quality system, which can be transformed into economic capital under certain conditions; economic capital can be directly converted into money and exist in the form of private property rights, while social capital, defined by social obligations, exists in the form of high-value identity system and can be turned into economic or cultural capital under some certain conditions (Bourdieu, 1986; Coleman, 1998)
Summary
With the spread of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) around the globe, we recognize that the floating population is prone to increase the burden of public health, and the floating elderly population (FEP) are apt to be affected and more vulnerable. With the continuous development of China’s aging population and urbanization, as well as the increasingly expansion of population migration and mobility, the floating middle-aged and elderly population in China is constantly increasing in recent years (He & Liu, 2019)
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