A DEMONSTRATION STUDY ON THE ELDERLY’S DEMANDS FOR NURSING CARE SERVICES IN BEIJING CHINA

摘要

Based on the data from the fourth survey of the living condition of Chinese elderly in 2015, this paper studied the factors of the elderly’s demands for nursing care services from the perspective of gender.Binary Logistic model was used in this paper to analyze the effect of each variable on the elderly’s demands for nursing care services.The results showed that the economic status and health status were the most important factors that affect the elderly’s demands for nursing care services. That means those who are in better economic condition are in a higher demand for nursing care services and the healthier the elderly people are,the lower their demand is.Besides,a Good social participation can reduce the elderly’s demands for nursing care services.In addition,male elderly have a higher demand for nursing care services than female elderly,and their demand is quite different in the type of aging service projects.So integrating the perspective of gender into the construction of aging service system and the improvement of aging service projects is urgently needed in Beijing,China.