To comprehensively evaluate the vulnerability level of elderly farmers and herdsmen’s family old-age pension and analyze the obstacle factors.
Based on the vulnerability framework, we constructed a family old-age pension vulnerability assessment index system, and selected 2 594 research subjects for questionnaire survey by multi-stage random cluster sampling. We applied entropy-weight-TOPSIS method to comprehensively evaluate the level of elderly farmers and herdsmen’s family old-age pension vulnerability, and explored the obstacle factors.
60.14% of the elderly farmers and herders in the southern mountainous pastoral areas of Xinjiang had medium or high levels of vulnerability to old age; the three dimensions of vulnerability to old age and their degree of obstacles were sensitivity (47.59%), adaptive capacity (27.73%), and exposure (25.58%); the top five obstacles and their degree of obstacles were hospitalization due to illness (11.86%), physical fitness index (10.86%), and physical health index (11.86%); and the top five obstacles and their degree of obstacles were hospitalization due to illness (11.86%). The top five barriers and their degree of obstacles were hospitalization due to illness (11.86%), body mass index (10.17%), debt (10.06%), caring for grandchildren (9.16%), and self-care ability (5.70%); and the degree of obstacles to care for the elderly was the fourth highest among elderly farmers (8.62%) and the fourteenth highest among elderly pastoralists (2.69%).
There are differences in vulnerability levels and obstacles between elderly farmers and herders. It is recommended to pay attention to the differences in the characteristics of elderly farmers and herders themselves and their pension resources, so as to formulate more accurate pension strategies.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |