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The term “Three-No” older adults, used in mainland China (hereafter China), refers to people aged 60 or older in urban areas who have no work capability, no means of income, and no legal supporter (Gu et al. 2007; National People’s Congress 2018). “No work capability” refers to not having the ability to work due to poor health or disability. “No means of income” mainly refers to sources of income that cannot be determined – primarily from regular wages, net income from self-employment, income from savings or property, transferred net income, but does not include minimum social security benefits or other subsidies/allowances received from the government (Ministry of Civil Affairs 2016). “No legal supporter” refers to having no living children or having never had a biological, adopted, or step child. This group of older adults is often extremely impoverished and is typically the...
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Gu, D., Chu, Y. (2021). “Three-No” and “Five-Guarantee” Older Adults. In: Gu, D., Dupre, M.E. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_2-1
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