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China to begin survey of senior citizens' lives

Xinhua, July 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

China will start a nationwide survey on Saturday to assess the living conditions of the elderly and prepare data for measures to cope with an aging society.

About 40,000 survey takers are expected to visit households and make inquiries starting on Saturday, Wu Yushao, deputy director of the China National Committee on Aging (CNCA), said at a press briefing on Tuesday.

The questionnaires will touch on such aspects of the senior citizens' lives as medical services, housing and entertainment, according to the CNCA.

The survey is scheduled to cover a population of 224,000 in a month. Similar surveys are taken every five years since the first in 2000.

The aging population is expanding rapidly in China. By the end of 2014, about 212 million people were aged over 60, 15.5 percent of the total population. Endi