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This journal is one of the earliest journals on population science in China. It is issued worldwide and indexed by CSSCI, and it is listed as the national Chinese core periodicaland the core periodical on population science.
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Editor-in-Chief
Yu Xiao

Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Wang Xiaofeng, Wang Huabo

Editorial Board
Wang Guangzhou, Wang Jinying, Yi Hao, Tian Yipeng, Sun Changzhi, Zhu Yu, Zhang Shiwei, Qiu Hong, Lu Jiehua, Chen Yingzi, Li Shuzhuo, Fan Lida, Yang Chenggang, Yang

Analysis on the influencing factors of remarriage attitudes of the elderly in China

ZHANG Xianling;TAO Tao

Population Journal,2019,Vol 41,No. 06

By using the 2016 CLASS data,this study investigates the attitude of the elderly towards remarriage in China, and focuses on the impacts of economic conditions and intergenerational relationship. The results show that the attitude of the elderly to remarriage in China is relatively negative as a whole, with less than one-third of them in favor of it, and shows strong heterogeneity. The attitude of the young, urban and healthy elderly is more positive. Using the number of houses and economic independence of other family members as measurement of economic conditions of the elderly, this study explores the impacts of economic factors on the remarriage attitude of old people with descriptive analysis and Logistic regression model. The findings suggest that the elderly with better economic conditions present a higher proportion in favor of remarriage, and the old people who are economically independent of their family members show much more positive attitude to remarriage. The effects of economic factors on remarriage attitude of the elderly show significant gender difference, which mainly exists among the poor elderly, and old women lacking economic resources have the lowest proportion in favor of remarriage. In addition, this paper examines the influence of intergenerational relationship on remarriage attitudes of the elderly. The results suggest that the elderly without alive children show the highest percentage in favor of marriage. The number of alive adult children is negatively associated with the elderly’s attitude towards remarriage, which is statistically significant. The proportion in favor of remarriage of the elderly having close children is significantly lower than that of those without close children, decreasing by 32.5%. The sex structure of children affects the elderly’s attitude to remarriage as well, the elderly only having alive sons show the highest proportion in favor of remarriage, those only with alive daughters are lower, and those with both alive sons and daughters are the lowest. Furthermore, the paper also finds that active social participation, usage of smart phones, well-prepared elderly care plan, and modern concepts of elderly care all positively affect the elderly’s attitudes towards remarriage.

The effect of widowhood on loneliness among Chinese older adults: an empirical study from the perspective of family support

ZHAO Xiaohang;LI Jianxin

Population Journal,2019,Vol 41,No. 06

Does rural subsistence allowance participation induce work disincentives: an empirical test based on CFPS data

HAN Huawei

Population Journal,2019,Vol 41,No. 06

The flow direction selection of the new generation of highly educated floating population and the influence mechanism of the selection

YANG Xue;FAN Mingjun

Population Journal,2019,Vol 41,No. 06

In recent years, with the rapid development of economy and the advancement of urbanization, the composition of floating population tends to be diversified. The new-generation highly educated floating population represented by the post-80s and the post-90s keeps increasing, compared with ordinary floating population. This group has stronger competitiveness and higher level of human capital in the labor market. In the context of competition for talents in the new era, the new-generation highly educated group has gradually become the foundation and fundamental driving force for regional development. As a young creative class, this group’s choice of future flow direction has an important impact on promoting the rapid development of urban economy, improving the level of national income, and optimizing the rational allocation of human resources and other aspects. This paper uses the data of dynamic monitoring survey of floating population in 2017 collected by the National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People’s Republic of China to analyze the migration choice of the highly educated migrants. The study found that this group mainly gathered in the five regions of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Shanghai, Guangdong-Fujian-Guangxi, Sichuan-Chongqing-Guizhou, and Shanxi-Anhui-Henan. Based on the dual economy theory, human capital theory, and new labor migration theory, this paper uses multiple Logistic regression model to analyze and summarize the multi-dimensional characteristics of this group and the influence of various factors which have an effect on the flow direction selection of the highly educated floating population from the perspective of individual, migration and economy.The results show that individual factors, flow factors and economic factors have significant influence on their choice of flow direction. The number of the family members has the highest influence on the flow direction of the selected area, followed by the nature of household registration. Gender has a significant but weak influence on the flow choice of the new generation of highly educated floating population. The flow range has the most significant influence on the choice of flow direction in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Shanghai region. Economic factors have a particularly significant impact on the flow choice of the new generation of highly educated floating population. In regions with developed economy and high monthly income, the effect of talent aggregation is more obvious.