Revista Română de Statistică (Dec 2010)
Romanian Elderly Households: State’s or Family’s concern?
Abstract
On the short and medium term, the already high pressure imposed bya growing proportion of elderly in the population will be further augmented by the effects of the financial and economic crisis. In this context, the question regarding the financing and care of elderly persons, most exposed to the risk of poverty, is raised.Based on the data resulted from the Households Budget Survey developed by the National Institute of Statistics in the second trimester of 2010 in Romania, the authors aimed at identifying the perceptions of the elderly households with regard to their financial resources for coping with current consumption, the solutions taken into account, the role of the family and the solidarity relations in the community.
