Gender difference in utilization willingness of institutional care among the single seniors: evidence from rural Shandong, China

• Main Authors: Yangyang Qian (Author), Jie Chu (Author), Dandan Ge (Author), Li Zhang (Author), Long Sun (Author), Chengchao Zhou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Institutional care has become an urgent issue in rural China. Rural single seniors, compared with their counterparts, have lower income and are more vulnerable. Gender is also a significant factor determining long-term institutional care. This study is designed to examine the gen...