The role of the elderly in family is studied in terms of marriage, production/business, care, education and ancestor worship. Particularly with the role of the elderly in decision making marriage, production/business, caring, educating descendants and their family's ancestor worship beliefs. | VIETNAM ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES GRADUATE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES LE THI HOI THE ROLE OF THE ELDERLY IN FAMILY NOWADAYS Case studies in Thanh Hoa province The major Sociology Code ABSTRACT OF PHD THESIS ON SOCIOLOGY HANOI 2021 1 The work was completed in Graguate academy of social sciences Science instructor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Ngoc Van Reviewer 1 Prof. PhD. Le Ngoc Hung Reviewer 2 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Do Thi Van Anh Reviewer 3 Prof. PhD. Trinh Duy Luan The dissertation will be defended in front of the Conference-level Judging Council of Graguate academy of social sciences. At hour date .month year The thesis is available at Vietnam National Library Library of Graguate academy of social sciences 2 OPENING 1. The urgency of the study The elderly part of the population structure tends to increase in number and proportion. This phenomenon leads to the population shift towards aging which has been posing many problems for society. What happens in aging What are the social implications of the increasing number of elderly people Why are there theoretical debates about the role of the elderly in different societies Similar to gender hierarchies age hierarchies vary from culture to culture. One society may respect the elderly for their age which is synonymous with wisdom nevertheless another society considers the elderly as a burden because they are considered socially dead. In Vietnam according to reports by General Statistics Office in 2009 the whole country had about old people accounting for about 11 95 of the population. In which there are people are over 80 accounting for 17 5 of the total the elderly the female elderly is accounting for 50 7 the male elderly is accounting for 49 3 There are old people living in rural areas accounting for 64 . From the point of view of social structure the elderly are prone to injury due to psychological and physiological characteristics as well as the diminish in income
