With the development of family structure and function, and the social flows, there are a lot of rural old age empty-nest families.

Results There is no significant difference between non empty-nest group and spouse-coinhabiting group,but both groups were higher than solitary group(P<0.

Objectives To investigate the depression of the empty-nest elderly in city and to put forward countmeasures.

In this article,the criterion of empty nest family is presented.

The author analyzes the characteristics of "empty nest family" in China and explores the relationship of sport and "empty nest family".

By surveying the background and causes for urban empty nest families by means of literature analysis,the authors of this paper have discovered that old people in empty nest families suffer from problems in both economy and daily life and in mental soundness.

As the population in our country is aging, it is an inevitable tendency that more and more empty nest families emerge.

The article probes and analyzes the problem of empty-nest families through the status quo,analyses of the causes,difficulties they meet and solutions.

With the development of family structure and function, and the social flows, there are a lot of rural old age empty-nest families.

The Elderly Support Issues in Empty-nest Families;

This paper begins with the logical relationship between "social transition" and "empty-nest family in rural area", analyzes the reasons for the forming and present condition of rural empty-nest family under the background of population aging, Through which to point out that the transfer of young population from rural area to urban area is the main reason for higher rate of rural empty-nest family.