Panel survey on the situation of the elderly in urban/rural china： sampling data of Beijing(2006)

The overall goal of this survey is to understand and grasp the dynamic situation of elderly people in urban and rural areas of China over time, as well as the new problems encountered by elderly people in the process of modernization. The main contents of the survey include: basic conditions and demographic and sociological characteristics of the elderly, economic support and security, medical and life care, community services, spiritual and cultural needs, mechanisms and forms of participation in social development, grassroots organizations and management. 2. Conduct in-depth analysis on the health status, living support, consumption needs, care services, community construction, home-based elderly care, and the demand for elderly work among the elderly population. 3. Strengthen scientific investigation and research on major issues such as social security for the elderly, legal rights and interests, spiritual and cultural life, participation in social development, and the elderly industry, in close conjunction with national aging work. To formulate aging policies and promote the development of the elderly industry, we will use the latest achievements in basic research fields such as social science, information science, and medical science to vigorously carry out basic theoretical research on aging applications, and provide necessary theoretical reserves for scientific research and innovation in the field of aging. 4. Write special research reports on topics such as elderly economy, elderly healthcare and care, elderly education, elderly spiritual and cultural life, elderly social participation, elderly law, elderly psychology, and the elderly industry. Key comparative studies will be conducted on the issues of elderly people and poverty, population aging and public policies, elderly people and grassroots organizations, social exclusion and social policies of the elderly, political tendencies of the elderly, population aging and social security costs, family elderly care in social wealth redistribution, China's aging policy and sustainable development, promoting intergenerational harmony, the impact of population aging on the aging industry, psychological research on the elderly, safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of the elderly, elderly participation in social development and elderly social support networks, and community services for the elderly. This survey was conducted within the scope of 20 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government nationwide, and the standard time point for the survey was 00:00 on June 1, 2006. The survey subjects are divided into two types, with individual interviewees being Chinese citizens aged 60 and above residing within the territory of the People's Republic of China (excluding Taiwan Province, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and Macao Special Administrative Region); The community survey targets elderly related departments or elderly workers at all levels of the city (district, county), street (township, town), neighborhood committee (community, village committee).

本调查的总体目标为系统掌握并深入理解中国城乡老年群体随时间推移的动态生存状况，以及老年群体在现代化进程中面临的各类新问题。本次调查的核心内容涵盖：老年群体的基本状况、人口学与社会学特征；经济供养与保障体系；医疗与生活照料服务；社区服务；精神文化需求；社会参与的机制与形式；基层组织与管理情况。
二、针对老年群体的健康状况、生活保障、消费需求、照料服务、社区建设、居家养老以及老年就业需求开展深度分析。
三、紧密结合国家老龄工作实际，强化针对老年社会保障、合法权益、精神文化生活、社会参与以及老龄产业等重大议题的科学调研与研究。为科学制定老龄政策、推动老龄产业发展，本调查将依托社会科学、信息科学、医学等基础研究领域的最新成果，大力开展老龄应用基础理论研究，为老龄领域的科研创新提供必要的理论储备。
四、围绕老年经济、老年医疗照料、老年教育、老年精神文化生活、老年社会参与、老年法学、老年心理学以及老龄产业等主题撰写专项研究报告。同时针对以下议题开展重点比较研究：老年群体与贫困、人口老龄化与公共政策、老年群体与基层组织、老年群体的社会排斥与社会政策、老年群体的政治倾向、人口老龄化与社会保障支出、社会财富再分配中的家庭养老、中国老龄政策与可持续发展、促进代际和谐、人口老龄化对老龄产业的影响、老年心理学研究、保障老年群体合法权益、老年群体社会参与与老年社会支持网络、老年社区服务。
本次调查覆盖全国20个省、自治区、直辖市，调查标准时点为2006年6月1日00:00。调查对象分为两类：一类为受访个体，即居住在中华人民共和国境内（不含台湾省、香港特别行政区、澳门特别行政区）的60周岁及以上中国公民；另一类为社区调查对象，即各级城市（区、县）、街道（乡、镇）、居委会（社区、村委会）涉老部门或老年工作者。