According to the statistics of the elderly released by the National Statistical Office, 49.4% of the elderly aged 65 or older living alone paid for their own living expenses.
In particular, 33.2% of the elderly provided living expenses with government or social group support, more than twice as high as 15.4%.
The proportion of children or relatives supporting living expenses was 17.5%, higher than that of all elderly households, which was 15.9%.
As of October last year, 665,000 people were employed among the elderly living alone, accounting for 32.8% of them.
In addition, 21.4% of the elderly living alone said they had difficulty walking or climbing stairs, which was more restrictive than all the elderly.
However, 18.7% of the elderly living alone said they had no one to help, and 19.5% said they had no one to interact with.
There are 5,655,000 elderly households with heads of households aged 65 or older, of which 2.138 million households, or 37.8%, live alone.
Women accounted for 69% of households living alone, 2.2 times more than men.
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