emptynest youth(空巢青年).pptVIP

‘empty nest ’youth（空巢青年） The definition of the ‘empty-nest’ youth ‘Empty-nest’ youth refers to the young people struggling in the big cities, away from home and relatives, living alone, lack of emotional sustenance（寄托）and no family life. So this label always reminds us of some sentimental （伤感的）things. When the empty nest elderly problem still remain to be solved, the so called ‘empty-nest’ youth has recently become a?well-concerning?focus since last year. Differentiating from the passive solitude(孤独） of empty nest elderly, most of the ‘empty nest’ youth are young people who choose to live alone and lead a single life. This data comes from Youyuan network(有缘网）which has 130 million memberships. And 68.3% of these memberships accept that they are ‘empty-nest’ youth. This chart indicates the geographical distribution of the ‘empty-nest’ youth. What we can know from this picture is that the proportion of the ‘empty-nest’ youth in the first and second tier cities is more than 70%, even if these big cities have a large population base. But more seriously, this proportion in the second and third tier cities is more than 80%, the highest city is Chongqing which reached 84.1%. Some data about the ‘empty-nest’ youth The trend of the solitary population(独居人口） 1990 2010 This chart is about the national solitary population which indicates that the number is increasing rapidly. It should be noted that this statistic includes the solitary population of all ages. Among them, the proportion of young people aged 20 to 39 years old is close to 1/3 according to the statistics in 2013. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (国家统计局） 2013 2016 Average solitary proportion in Shanghai National average solitary proportion Proportion of solitary population in big cities in 2013 14.6% The number of young people aged 20 to 39 years old is close to 20 million according to the statistics in 2013. 58 million Average solitary proportion in Beijing 20% 25% 42.3 million 60.3 millio