89.6% of the young people interviewed confirmed that it is necessary to consider their pension

  In their happy old age, 59.8% of the young people surveyed choose to rely on themselves

  my country is in a stage of rapid development of population aging.

According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2019, my country's population of 65 years and over accounted for 12.6% of the total population.

In June 2020, the "China Development Report 2020: Development Trends and Policies of China's Population Aging" released by the China Development Foundation estimated that in 2035 and 2050, the proportion of the total population of China aged 65 and above will be respectively Reached 22.3% and 27.9%.

  The aging of the population will have a series of impacts on the labor force, basic pension insurance, medical care, etc. It is not only related to the current life of the elderly, but also related to the future pension of the young.

How many young people are considering their own pension issues?

Recently, the Social Survey Center of China Youth Daily conducted a survey of 1,217 18-35-year-old youths through the questionnaire network (wenjuan.com), which showed that 89.6% of the interviewed youths think it is necessary to consider their own pension issues from now on .

To lead a happy old age, the interviewed youths tend to rely on themselves, then their spouses and children.

  82.9% of young people surveyed have considered their own pension issues

  24-year-old Liu Siyu (pseudonym) is from Beijing. She went to study abroad at the undergraduate level. In 2020, she gave up the opportunity to study Ph.D. and chose to return to work in China.

"Before returning to China, I carefully considered my future life plan. I want to spend my life at a normal pace, and grow old with friends in the city where I grew up."

  Born in Nantong, Jiangsu, a young man born in the 1980s, Gong Liang (pseudonym), settled in Hangzhou after graduating from a university in Beijing.

Two years ago, he took his parents to his side for the elderly.

Being with his parents often made Gong Liang think more about his pension issues.

"I used to think that as the transportation became more and more convenient, it didn’t matter if my children and their parents were not in the same city. And my parents always said that I don’t need me to support them. Now I know that the elderly have a lot of inconveniences in life and they need someone by their side. Take care. I hope that when I get old, my children will be by my side."

  The survey shows that 82.9% of the young people interviewed have considered their own pension issues.

  In terms of age groups, the post-80s generation has the highest proportion (84.8%), and the post-00s generation has the lowest proportion (69.8%).

In terms of gender, the proportion of female respondents (84.8%) is higher than that of male respondents (80.2%).

In terms of city level, second-tier cities have the highest proportion of respondents (83.8%).

  "Recently, I paid attention to a topic called'Those things you understand after 30 years of age'. There was a post on the issue of city choice and retirement." Li Xingying, who works in Shenzhen, just passed her 30th birthday recently. As we grow older, more and more people around us are concerned about their pension issues. “Young people must pay attention to their own pension issues. It involves buying a house and settling in, giving birth to children, social security payments and other issues. I regret that I didn't start planning earlier."

  In the survey, 89.6% of the young people interviewed think it is necessary to consider their old-age care issues from now on, and 37.3% of the young people interviewed think it is very necessary.

  Further analysis found that the older the younger the interviewees, the higher the proportion of young people who choose, the stronger the sense of urgency.

The proportion of women deemed necessary (92.5%) is higher than that of men (85.5%).

The proportion of young people surveyed in second-tier cities was the highest (92.4%), and the proportion of young people surveyed in first-tier cities was the lowest (85.8%).

The proportion of respondents with an annual income of 100,000-200,000 yuan was the highest (92.4%), and the proportion of respondents with an annual income of less than 50,000 yuan was the lowest (80.8%).

  Having a happy old age, 59.8% of the young people surveyed choose to rely on themselves

  "There is an internet buzzword called'zhu solitary life' (destined to be lonely, single netizens laugh at themselves-editor's note). I thought it was funny before, but now I think it is a very serious issue." Li Xingying said, "because of human life span With the prolongation and declining fertility rate, our society is aging at a rapid rate. Who to rely on and how to provide for the elderly are issues that our generation needs to consider as soon as possible."

  To live a happy old age in the future, who do young people hope for?

The survey showed that the proportion of young people surveyed who chose to rely on themselves (59.8%) was the highest, followed by their spouses (50.1%) and children (42.1%).

  Li Xingying said that the end of her last relationship was a big blow, and she didn't want to fall in love for more than two years.

But recently, because of the issue of retirement, she has begun to worry about marriage and love again.

"However, some of my friends around me have worked hard to manage marriage and raise children, and I am also worried about whether I can find the right person to live my life. For now, all I can do is work hard to make money."

  Respondents also rely on other pensions: mutual assistance organizations for the elderly (32.7%), procurement of public services for the elderly (29.5%), communities (22.7%) and units (16.8%).

  "I think the old-age care model in big cities is getting better and better." Liu Siyu said that her community has some centralized old-age care practices, such as canteens for the elderly, for the elderly who are sick in bed and have limited mobility, and staff deliver meals to the door.

  Gong Liang believes that this generation of young people is highly mobile. Many people leave their hometowns to settle in other cities, losing their home network of relatives and friends.

Some people change jobs frequently, and their social security payment is unstable, and they may face more problems in the future pension.

  "We will all grow old eventually. The issue of old-age care reminds us to plan our lives seriously." Li Xingying said that although the social environment of young people is getting better and better, they are also facing the problem of deepening aging and must be consciously planned as soon as possible.

  Among the respondents, the post-00s accounted for 9.5%, the post-90s accounted for 53.8%, and the post-80s accounted for 36.7%.

Men accounted for 42.0% and women accounted for 58.0%.

From first-tier cities accounted for 29.0%, second-tier cities accounted for 45.2%, third- and fourth-tier cities accounted for 21.8%, urban areas accounted for 2.8%, and rural areas accounted for 1.2%.

Respondents with an annual income of more than 300,000 yuan accounted for 1.7%, 200,000-300,000 yuan accounted for 7.9%, 100,000-200,000 yuan accounted for 45.2%, 50,000-100,000 yuan accounted for 34.5%, and 50,000 yuan The following accounts for 10.7%.

  China Youth Daily·China Youth Daily reporter Zhouyi